January 2011

January 2011
Vol. 116 No. 1/841

Features
18 Pilatus Porter PC-6 by Chuck Felton
The cardboard wizard is back with another C/L beauty

28 Joe Nall 2010 by Chris Susicke
Nearly 1,000 pilots agree: It’s a spectacle

36 Fokker D-XVII by Christian Moes
Charming ’30s profile bipe for micro ParkZone gear

50 Hitec’s Aurora 9 by Frank Fanelli
An FM Product Review: A great new 2.4GHz platform

64 Shive Specialties’ Dallaire Sportster by Joe Redan
An FM Product Review: Huge Old Timer kit for R/C or F/F duty

Columns
24 Don’t let cabanes bend you out of shape
Small Talk by Pat Tritle

26 Let your imagination run wild
F/F Sport by Larry Kruse

34 Stunt innovations and Li-Po safety
C/L Stunt by Allen Brickhaus

46 Self-contained action at the 2010 KIEF
R/C Aerobatics by Dave Lockhart

48 The F4D Skyray and some bargain jets
Fan Facts by Greg Moore

56 More news from the workshop
Cross Files by Don Ross

58 An amazing palm-sized R/C EDF
Electric Flight by Stew Meyers

60 The 46th (probably) Annual SAM Champs
Old Timer by Mike Myers