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So Different, Yet So Familiar

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So Different, Yet So Familiar
From the Ground Up: By Frank Granelli IT LOOKS DIFFERENT from the .40 cu. in. engine that came with your RTF trainer. There is a “bump” on top, and the glow plug points from the head at an angle. The

Tour the IAC—in 1997!

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Tour the IAC—in 1997!
By Steve Kaluf As seen in the August 1997 issue of Model Aviation. My department at AMA HQ (Competitions) is, among other things, designated to help organizations that run events at your International

Club Field Safety Benches

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Club Field Safety Benches
How To Do It By Joe Di Prima and Charlie Meyer Photos by Joe Di Prima. Drawings by John DeSena. As seen in the August 2002 issue of Model Aviation. The Meroke RC Club (an AMA Gold Leader Club), with

Du-Bro Celebrates 50 Years

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Du-Bro Celebrates 50 Years
By Jay Smith As seen in the July 2009 issue of Model Aviation. YouTube April 2017: DU-BRO Products Factory Tour - Model Aviation IT IS PROBABLY safe to assume that most modelers are not only familiar

RC Helicopters May 1981

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RC Helicopters May 1981
By Dave Chesney | Photos by Bill Shumway As seen in the May 1981 issue of Model Aviation. THIS MONTH: a helicopter that looks like it might have been designed for a Space: 1999 or Star Trek TV show