Model Airplane News – August 2019

CONTENTS

Volume 147

Number 8

August 2019

DEPARTMENTS

6 | Prefl ight

8 | Pilot Projects

10 | Tips & Tricks

64 | Aerobatics Made Easy

66 | Final Approach

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FEATURES

15 Gear Guide
Mission-critical planes
and products

34 Florida Jets 2019
21st in a rowand still goingstrong!
By Rich Uravitch

44 Let’s Talk RC
Startinga conversation about the
state of the hobby
By the Model Airplane News crew

50 Construction/Aeronca 7ACChamp
This classic “Airknocker” is easytobuild
and a great fl ier
By Pat Tritle

58 Flight Techique/Mastering the Takeoff
Secrets to successfully getting airborne
every time
By David Scott

ON THE COVER

Alex Raff of Team Infi nity

hovers his CARF-Models

Mephisto V2 above the

Paradise Field runway at this

year’s Florida Jets event.

(Photo by Rich Uravitch)

DEPARTTMEN

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7ACChamp

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