18 Features
18 Flyer’s Dream by Laddie Mikulasko An odd looking float plane that is a dream to fly
26 Skymaster’s Midwest Regional Float Fly by Greg Cardillo 22 years and going strong in the midwest
32 Poly-Wog by Bill Warner 26 Step up a notch with this simple but able freeflight
40 Flyzone DHC-2 Beaver by Frank Fanelii An FMProduct Review: A versatile and fun RTF bush plane
50 Ambrosini 207 by Chuck Felton The master of cardboard is back with a WWII Italian fighter
February 2013 Vol. 118 No. 2/866
Columns
24 Doug Moon’s Riff Raff and graphic hints C/L Stunt by Allen Brickhaus
36 Practice makes perfect C/L Combat by Phil Cartier
38 Setting up a Pattern ship with nitro Project Pattern Redux by Dave Lockhart with Brian Clemmons
46 Arizona Jet Rally in Mesa Fan Facts by Greg Moore
48 Freeflight to micro R/C conversions Small Talk by Pat Tritle
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56 Some reader projects, plus WESTFAC news F/F Sport by Larry Kruse
58 JR Indoor Electric Festival Electric Flight by Don Belfort
60 Remembering scale at the Rhinebeck Jamboree Vintage Views by Bob Noll
Departments 4 Editorial
6 Flying Report 16 Air Mail
17 Barnstormers
64 Classifieds/Ad Index 65 Dealer Directory
On the Cover: Futaba team member, Dan Landis, grace- fully lands the new Flyzone DHC-2 Beaveron the small pond at the 2012 NEAT Fair. Frank Fanelli explores the versitility of this new model as well as the technology that allows one to fly it easily with any brand of transmitter starting on page 40. Photo: Frank Fanelli
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