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TOP GUN 2008
20 years of shooting it out in the
Florida sun!
—by Thayer Syme |
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Free Plan Download! |
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Short Scion
A scratch-built, sport-scale, vintage airliner
—by Omar Forberg |
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ENGINE REVIEW |
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CS Engines .061G & .06ID
A new hope for 1/2A sport glow power
—by Andrew Coholic |
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PRODUCT REVIEW |
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Hobby Lobby FlyCamOne2
Fly aboard your favorite model with this new digital video camera
—by Thayer Syme |
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Arizona Electric Flight Expo
A new event with something for everyone
—by Mike Lee |
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flight reports
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GLOW & GAS AIRCRAFT |
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Top Flight P-51 Mustang
—by Frank Tiano |
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Hangar 9 Piper Pawnee
40 ARF
The cream of the crop-dusters makes a great aileron trainer
—by Aaron Ham |
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Kondor Model Products
FlyCat .46
Fly this exciting jet-type model without
mortgaging the farm
—by Cliff Becker |
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Maxford USA Nieuport 28 ARF
Flying & fighting old-school style
—by Steve Kessinger |
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HELICOPTOER REVIEWS |
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Hobby Lobby Honey Bee King II
A lower price & mechanical upgrades improve this popular RTF collective-pitch heli
—by Paul Dixon |
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Align T-Rex 600N Super Pro
Leap out of the box with 3D performance
—by David Miles |
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flight reports
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ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT |
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Great Planes Seawind
Get your feet wet with this exciting scale bird
—by Thayer Syme |
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Park Flyers R/C DareDevil 3D RTF |
Scale warbird
—by Jason Carter
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Fly this capable, colorful biplane with true RTF convenience
—by Thayer Syme |
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Thunder Tiger P-40 Warhawk
A “lunchbox-scale” warbird for midday fun
—by Rich Uravitch
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columns &
departments
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Preflight
Letter from the editor
—by Tom Atwood
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Debrief
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Comments & questions |
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Just Landed
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Wing Tips |
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Techniques & ideas from our readers
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David Baker |
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Snapshot |
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Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle |
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Gadget Inspector
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TME Xtrema
Balancer
— by Tom Atwood |
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Indoor Runways |
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RTF Micro Flyers from Horizon Hobby
—by Thayer Syme |
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Departure |
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ON THE COVER: Mike Selby’s phenominal A-10 Warthog spans 120 inches and received the highest ever static score at Top Gun this year, a staggering 99.667 points. See page 22 for Thayer Syme’s report on the 20th Anniversary of this legendary scale competition. Photo by Palmer Johnson.
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