August 2011


Model Aviation Volume 37, Number 7
Features include Top Gun Invitational Coverage, Build a 1965 Nats Winner, Learn How to Design in CAD, Mastering Procedure and Rudder Turns, Starting School Clubs, reviews, and more.

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The President's Perspective
The Inside Loop
Designing in CAD
Top Gun Invitational with Video
A 1960's Nats Winner - The Eclipse
Cover Selection Process
About the Cover:
Jet models are quite popular at Scale events and always get people’s attention at Top Gun. Jets and their pilots are normally stereotyped as the elite and fuel a craving among aeromodelers for the knowledge and skill necessary to handle these often complex yet powerful aircraft. This patriotic F-16 is being flown by Scott Harris in Expert class. It’s modeled from a Skymaster kit with a 65-inch wingspan and powered by a JetCat Titan turbine with Skymaster retracts and brakes. It was one of several jets in the competition flying against World War I biplanes, the nimble fighters of World War II, and all types of civilian aircraft. Read about our cover selection process. Stan Alexander photo.

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${Drupal\Core\Database\Transaction\TransactionManagerBase}rootId = '412188705870b5eea4a9527a'; private array ${Drupal\Core\Database\Transaction\TransactionManagerBase}stack = [...]; private array ${Drupal\Core\Database\Transaction\TransactionManagerBase}voidedItems = [...]; private array ${Drupal\Core\Database\Transaction\TransactionManagerBase}postTransactionCallbacks = [...]; private Drupal\Core\Database\Transaction\ClientConnectionTransactionState ${Drupal\Core\Database\Transaction\TransactionManagerBase}connectionTransactionState = enum Drupal\Core\Database\Transaction\ClientConnectionTransactionState::Committed; public bool $triggerWarningWhenUnpilingOnVoidTransaction = FALSE; protected readonly Drupal\Core\Database\Connection $connection = ... }; private $serverVersion = NULL }, $clientConnection = NULL, $query = 'SELECT "cid", "data", "created", "expire", "serialized", "tags", "checksum" FROM "cache_config" WHERE "cid" IN ( :cids__0 ) ORDER BY "cid"', $options = [], 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