Radio Control Rotor World Magazine 80 Vorige editie

Features
16 Christmas gift guide
Our pick of the best presents to get for the heli flyer in your life
20 Tackling the Demon
This month Mike Williamson offers advice on how to charge
multiple LiPo packs using a single charger
36 Christmas competition
Your chance to win the top 12 Silverlit helicopters of Christmas
from Flying Toys worth over £750
40 IRCHA 2012
The Rotorworld team reports from the biggest R/C heli
event in the world
50 Stepping stones
The next instalment in our Blade helis series
54 Align Fun-fl y
Dave Dijkmans and Raquel Bellot visit Taiwan
58 Reaching for the sky
BIg Bad Dom Mehta bring us up to date with his latest
heli diary entry
64 RCHA Fly-in
Full report from one of the most popular fl y-ins of the year
Regulars
04 Word of mouth
The editor discusses the latest model helicopter goings on
06 Straight up
The latest news from the world of R/C model helicopters
38 Through the lens
One of our favourite shots from this month’s collection
68 In tray
More of your letters, news and views
71 Coming up
The RW events listing updated for the end of the 2012 season
71 Next issue
What to look forward to in RW issue 81 out in December 2012
72 UK buyers guide & classifi eds
The best model heli shops, products and services
73 Rotorworld subscriptions
Get your favourite R/C heli mag delivered to your door
Reviews
10 Blade 500 3D
The latest big 3D Blade model gets the full test treatment
28 T-Rex 700 DFC
Direct Flight Control is the way forward for Align
46 Hubsan EC145
Two micro helis that offer something different in a small scale
easy and ready to fl y package
62 Heli Cube
We take a look at this folding miniature heli from Silverlit
66 Revolution Blades
Some pro carbon blades for both flybar and flybarless setups