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.


Table of Contents with select In The Air articles and teaser to Top Gun
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
AMA Anniversary supplement, The First 75 Years


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.