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July 2012 Vol. 117 No. 7/859


Features


18 Cessna 170 by Pat Tritle Here’s one of Cessna’s classics for 3-channel R/C


30 BP Hobbies Pitts 12 EP by Frank Granelli An FM Product Review: Take your pick, 3D or stunning aerobatics


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36 Baby Biwinger by Daniel Walton An FM Centerfold Plan: It’s your choice, freeflight or R/C


44 VSC 2012 by Brian Malin For 23 years the Stunt crowd has celebrated this festival of C/L


52 Flyzone’s Fokker Dr.1 Triplane by Jim Wiggin An FM Product Review: the Red Baron’s steed for indoor R/C


Columns


26 Is SAM R/C “garden hackle”? Old Timer Topics by Mike Myers


28 Great scale models require “elbow grease” F/F Sport by Larry Kruse


34 Some of the Cadillacs among EDF fans Fan Facts by Greg Moore


50 Notes about the Flyzone Albatros and other things Electric Flight by Stew Meyers


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54 Contra rotating props and the best motor choices Project Pattern Redux by Dave Lockhart


56 Details about a bevy of VSC planes C/L Stunt by Allen Brickhaus


58 A showcase of great models Small Talk by Pat Tritle


Departments 4 Editorial


6 Flying Report 16 Air Mail


17 Barnstormers


64 Classifieds/Ad Index 65 Dealer Directory


On the Cover: With prop stopped Frank Granelli’s Pitts 12 EP stoops for a photo pass before blasting back up into the sky for some very muscular aerobatics. Frank pro- vides an in-depth look at this new model from BP Hobbies.


Photo: Frank Fanelli 52 FLYING MODELS www.flying-models.com 5 Visit us online at


VSC 2012: 24 years old and still going as strong as ever July 2012 $5.95


We will remember…


BP Hobbies Pitts 12 EP


Construction


Cessna 170 for e-power Baby Biwinger for freeflight


Cessna 170 for e-power Baby Biwinger for freeflight


Review


Flyzone Fokker Triplane for indoor R/C


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