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Gone Skiing
Have you got snow? Get yourself ready for some action in the ‘white stuff’ with our tricycle snow skis suitable for medium size electric or I/C powered sports models

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MW3436 BUZZ 400

Centre Of Gravity
    The CG is a 3 dimensional point, and this method finds a vertical line along which the CG of the aeroplane must lie, but it does not tell you how far up the line it is. Does this matter? Only if the model is tilted.

Farmhand-Ski - By Chris Bowler
Fed up with the snow? Silly question I know, but let’s take a positive from all this white stuff.

Farmhand is Here!
Although they have largely disappeared from agriculture in the UK the airborne crop sprayer was always exciting to watch.

Avro Vulcan B2
Graham Dorschell has designed this 68” span Cold War V-bomber for up to 7-function R/C and twin 540 Watt brushless pusher motors.

RCMW acquires the complete range of exquisite plans
Traplet Publications are pleased to announce that they have obtained the rights to the Brian Taylor range of scale plans.  Models have been built from Brian’s plans by modellers worldwide, gaining many scale contest victories along the way and winning him an enviable reputation for producing plans and accessories of superb quality. More importantly his scale models are highly accurate and have proven flight pedigrees.

Scale Spreadsheet
The final ‘Scale’ series provides a useful downloadable spreadsheet.

Me-163 Komet
Graham Dorschell test flies the latest all composite speed machine from Fox-Composites

Bleriot X1 Takes to the Skies
Don Coe's Bleriot X1 takes to the skies to commemorate 100th anniversary of Louis Bleriot's cross channel flight in July 1909.

Building the DH82a Tiger Moth - Part I
Chris Bowler begins a series on building this 1:4 scale Duncan Hutson-classic design from the RCMW semi-kit plan-pack

Building the DH82a Tiger Moth - Part II
Part 2: Chris Bowler continues the plan build with the cabane fiddly bits and undercarriage

Building the DH82a Tiger Moth - Part III
Part 3: Now we get to grips with the tail, metal fittings and engine mounting!

Building the DH82a Tiger Moth - Part IV
Part 4: After the metal bashing and soldering we can now move onto a bit of woodwork as Chris Bowler describes the construction of the wings

Building the DH82a Tiger Moth - Part V
Part 5: The final part of the Tiger Moth Construction series sees the addition of the flying wires, rigging and covering