RCM&E

Catering for all aspects of R/C flying, Radio Control Models and Electronics first appeared in May 1960 and is the biggest and best selling monthly model flying magazine in the United Kingdom with a large overseas readership. RCM&E has brought benchmark levels of writing and photography to the hobby and each issue has extensive reviews, informative features and opinionated columns from a number of well-known contributors.

Welcome

SWITCH ON • Our latest round up of model flying news and miscellany

JP CHALLENGER 50 SUPER SPORT 50th Anniversary Edition • Frank Skilbeck assembles a gold & black liveried version of a popular .50 size kit

PONTEFRACT - LUCKY THIRTEEN! • This time Shaun Garrity files his annual report from the Ponte Single Channel & Retro Fly-in

C-17 GLOBEMASTER • Kevin Crozier assembles XFly-Model’s 1.2 metre span, quad EDF powered model of the mighty US transport aircraft

All Write • Have your say in RCM&E’s monthly chat room

SOPWITH CAMEL • Sometimes a scale model comes along that stops you in your tracks and, as David Ashby discovered, Kevin Wesley’s fabulous WW1 fighter is one of them

ROADSHOW RETURN • Graham Ashby goes behind the scenes for a peek at what goes on in the model trade to seal the deals and oil the wheels

BMAC EASY GLIDER • Roy Thompson introduces an easy to assemble 1.6 metre span electric glider specially designed as a club model build

Counterpoint • A selection of new gadgets, kits and bits for you to buy

GRATIFYING GLOW • Dave Goodenough starts work on restoring some old engines and begins to pass on tips concerning ailerons and their hinges

BELL 206 • The Editor assesses one of a new breed of GPS model helicopters

TESTING, TESTING • Kevin Crozier starts to look at some of the review models being worked on for future issues

F5J CONTEST EUROTOUR • Mike van Erp attends the first leg of the F5J Eurotour 2025 held in Larissa, Greece in late March

AKB AIRCRAFT CONTRA DRIVE • In this issue Keith Jackson looks at a new version of the Akiba contra drive, the CA Models ‘Manta’ biplane kit and tries the FCScore online software which offers a new way to assess your aerobatic flights

Going Places • Diary dates for the coming season

Marketplace • Sell off your unwanted airframes and engines or maybe buy a few new ones

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