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Radio Control Rotor World Magazine 130 July Back Issue

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30 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Radio Control Modelling)
Reviews
10 Revolectrix GT1000 Duo
The range of Revolectrix chargers are brought into the UK by battery specialists OptiPower. Naturally they recommend using a quality charger like the GT1000 Duo to best look after your investment so we put the unit through its paces.
20 Align T-Rex 500X
Align have been working through their line up, updating them and branding
them X. The 500 is the latest Align heli to be given a make-over that now sports a new main frame and head, as well as the excellent Microbeast flybarless system.
36 DJI Phantom 4 Pro
The Phantom shape is synonymous with drones and whilst the silhouette may appear not to change, the names and spec does. Tom Stacey gets to fl y the latest Phantom 4 in Pro guise and tests the new features.
52 Align T-Rex 470LP
Following on from the release of the metallic version of the Align T-Rex 470
dubbed the LM (that we reviewed in issue 127 of Rotorworld, we take a look at the more economical plastic version in the form of the T-Rex 470LP Dominator.

Features
14 Rotor Live 2017
We report back from one of the fi rst big meetings of the tear and Rotor Live
from Iffezheim in Baden-Baden, Germany. The 3D contest sees world-class pilots including Mirko Cesena and Duncan Bossion taking part as well as our own Alex Hawtin from the UK.
26 Cambridge UAV Academy
Shaun Garrity takes his fi rst steps into attaining a commercial qualification as we team up with the highly respected Alan Perrin and the Cambridge UAV
Academy.
30 UK Team Pilots
As alluded to in this issue’s Word of Mouth, the next few months will be packed with heli competitions and air shows around the country. A number of shops, distributors and manufacturers will have their own teams to show off their products at such events, and one of those is Midland Helicopters. We take a look at which pilots are in their team for the 2017 season.
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130 July Reviews 10 Revolectrix GT1000 Duo The range of Revolectrix chargers are brought into the UK by battery specialists OptiPower. Naturally they recommend using a quality charger like the GT1000 Duo to best look after your investment so we put the unit through its paces. 20 Align T-Rex 500X Align have been working through their line up, updating them and branding them X. The 500 is the latest Align heli to be given a make-over that now sports a new main frame and head, as well as the excellent Microbeast flybarless system. 36 DJI Phantom 4 Pro The Phantom shape is synonymous with drones and whilst the silhouette may appear not to change, the names and spec does. Tom Stacey gets to fl y the latest Phantom 4 in Pro guise and tests the new features. 52 Align T-Rex 470LP Following on from the release of the metallic version of the Align T-Rex 470 dubbed the LM (that we reviewed in issue 127 of Rotorworld, we take a look at the more economical plastic version in the form of the T-Rex 470LP Dominator. Features 14 Rotor Live 2017 We report back from one of the fi rst big meetings of the tear and Rotor Live from Iffezheim in Baden-Baden, Germany. The 3D contest sees world-class pilots including Mirko Cesena and Duncan Bossion taking part as well as our own Alex Hawtin from the UK. 26 Cambridge UAV Academy Shaun Garrity takes his fi rst steps into attaining a commercial qualification as we team up with the highly respected Alan Perrin and the Cambridge UAV Academy. 30 UK Team Pilots As alluded to in this issue’s Word of Mouth, the next few months will be packed with heli competitions and air shows around the country. A number of shops, distributors and manufacturers will have their own teams to show off their products at such events, and one of those is Midland Helicopters. We take a look at which pilots are in their team for the 2017 season.


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Reviews
10 Revolectrix GT1000 Duo
The range of Revolectrix chargers are brought into the UK by battery specialists OptiPower. Naturally they recommend using a quality charger like the GT1000 Duo to best look after your investment so we put the unit through its paces.
20 Align T-Rex 500X
Align have been working through their line up, updating them and branding
them X. The 500 is the latest Align heli to be given a make-over that now sports a new main frame and head, as well as the excellent Microbeast flybarless system.
36 DJI Phantom 4 Pro
The Phantom shape is synonymous with drones and whilst the silhouette may appear not to change, the names and spec does. Tom Stacey gets to fl y the latest Phantom 4 in Pro guise and tests the new features.
52 Align T-Rex 470LP
Following on from the release of the metallic version of the Align T-Rex 470
dubbed the LM (that we reviewed in issue 127 of Rotorworld, we take a look at the more economical plastic version in the form of the T-Rex 470LP Dominator.

Features
14 Rotor Live 2017
We report back from one of the fi rst big meetings of the tear and Rotor Live
from Iffezheim in Baden-Baden, Germany. The 3D contest sees world-class pilots including Mirko Cesena and Duncan Bossion taking part as well as our own Alex Hawtin from the UK.
26 Cambridge UAV Academy
Shaun Garrity takes his fi rst steps into attaining a commercial qualification as we team up with the highly respected Alan Perrin and the Cambridge UAV
Academy.
30 UK Team Pilots
As alluded to in this issue’s Word of Mouth, the next few months will be packed with heli competitions and air shows around the country. A number of shops, distributors and manufacturers will have their own teams to show off their products at such events, and one of those is Midland Helicopters. We take a look at which pilots are in their team for the 2017 season.
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