May 2011

May 2011
Vol. 116 No. 5/845

Features
18 Jet Titch by John Rutter
EDF in a very unique form

30 E-flite’s F-86 Sabre by Frank Fanelli
An FM Product Review: A good way into the jet age

38 The Akro-Bat by Watt Moore and Allen Brickhaus
Resurrecting a special plane for modern glory

52 Maxford USA’s Fiesler Storch by Chris Susicke
An FM Product Review: A heavy metal WWII classic

60 Rubber Scale Renaissance by Bill Warner
A Blast from the Past: December 1966 F/F revisited

64 Poor Man’s Vacuum Molding by Scott Richlen
Molding balsa inexpensively using a neat technique

Columns
26 Old kits: worth the experience
Small Talk by Pat Tritle

28 When a Sukhoi becomes a biplane
Electric Flight by Stew Meyers

34 How to build a world class foamy: Part 3
Project Foamy by Dave Lockhart

36 Somewhere there was good weather
Old Timer Topics by Mike Myers

48 It’s a family affair
C/L Stunt by Allen Brickhaus

50 More news from the workshop
Cross Files by Don Ross

56 WESTFAC III is on tap
F/F Sport by Larry Kruse

58 The action was hot in chilly Tucson
Fan Facts by Greg Moore