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
A TALE OF THREE LINNETS • Phil Stevens reports on two scale model builds used as STEM projects by local schools
RETRO RAMBLINGS 50 YEAR FLASH BACK • Shaun Garrity dives into a pile of past modelling periodicals and makes his annual pilgrimage to Ivinghoe Beacon
BEST OF BRITISH • Danny Fenton visits BMFA Buckminster for a celebration of all things British
All Write • Have your say in RCM&E’s monthly chat room
FOUGA MAGISTER • Dirk Tinck, well known for his Power Scale Soaring versions of Magister jets, builds another Fouga, this time for EDF power
FLYING CIRCUS 2025 • Thorsten Häs reports from the Tirol in Austria on a weekend of high alpine model gliding from the top of Schönjoch in Fiss
NIPPON TOMBO • Dave Goodenough presents this month’s pull-out plan for a simple to build Japanese pre-war glider
THERMAL MANAGEMENT • Summers are getting hotter, so too are ESCs. David Ashby describes his favourite contingency
VOLANTEX CORSAIR • The Editor takes a punt on flying Volantex’s latest mini warbird in a bit of a breeze!
TWO FOR INDOOR • This time John Stennard looks at a pair of popular indoor models, eyes up some potential inside planes and preps a new squadron of demo helicopters
MITHERING MOUNT • Dave Goodenough adapts an engine mount for small motor use, fettles another discarded diesel and puts an old transmitter aerial to good use
MY BUCKET LIST • Kevin Crozier looks forward to returning to the building board
Going Places • Diary dates for the coming season
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1939 NIPPON ‘TOMBO’ OR ‘TONBO’ (DRAGONFLY)