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Below are articles featured in both the print and online edition of Model Aviation. Select an article to read more.

Telemetry Video Interview at iHobby 2011

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ModelAviation.com online exclusive video interview. iHobby Expo 2011. Model Aviation editor Jay Smith talks with Horizon Hobby technical director John Adams about new iPhone and iPad telemetry

eWeek 2011 at Triple Tree

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Written by Greg Gimlick. ModelAviation.com online exclusive feature. What could possibly be better than getting together with a bunch of electric fliers for a week of incredible flying? Getting

Laser Cut Your Own Parts

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Written by Fred Randall staff As featured on page 54 in the November 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary from the article. I decided to start designing my own as I had done so many years ago as a

Nats 2011

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Written by Model Aviation and NatsNews staff As featured on page 18 in the November 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary from the article. THE FIRST National Aeromodeling Championships, or Nats as it

New Construction Materials For Gliders

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Written by Louis Joyner As featured on page 125 in the November 2011 issue. MATERIAL CHANGES: For at least 80 years, balsa has been the material of choice for hand-launch gliders. But, just as the

Joe Bok and His H-1 Racer

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Written by Rachelle Haughn ModelAviation.com online exclusive photos As featured on page 50 in the November 2011 issue. “IT REMINDED ME of the last time I put my football helmet on. “You might get a

AMA's 75th Anniversary

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Written by Model Aviation staff As featured on page 42 in the November 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary from the article. AMA’s 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, held July 14-17, was a successful

De-Fence

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Written by Ron Warner, CRCC member As featured on page 9 in the October 2011 issue.At Cobb County Radio Controlled Modelers (CCRC) in Acworth, Georgia, the flightline safety fence was a deteriorating

Helicopter Stunts

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Written by Mark Fadely Find the entire article on page 107 in the October 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary from the article. Pilots are continually learning new maneuvers while perfecting the ones