Electric Flight - July 2013

From the Cockpit
BY GERRY YARRISH

Smokin’ Electrics!

Now we all know that you should never see smoke coming from an electric-powered airplane—this can only mean bad things! Well, that’s true if the smoke comes from your LiPo battery pack! Where there’s smoke, there’s fire … sooner or later. But if you want to make your aerobatic routines catch fire in a positive way, then you’ll want to check out

John Glezellis’ how-to article on installing wingtip-mounted smoke cartridges to your electric aerobat. John did just this when we were shooting his fourth DVD in the series, Freestyle Aerobatics Made Easy (available at AirAgeStore.com), and it certainly added a new layer of excitement as he flew his E-flite Carbon-Z Yak 54. John has refined his setup even more with an on-board ignition system that you can trigger in flight with your radio. If you want to experience “Smoke on!” aerobatics with your E-powered performer, check out John’s “Aerobatics Made Easy” column in this issue.

Custom Colors

Also in this issue, our Senior West Coast
Editor John Reid shows you how to make
the new Proud Bird NMPRA EF1 racer from
Great Planes truly your own with some tips
and tricks to make it stand out. ;is 100mph electric pylon racer is hard enough to pick out
of the crowd as it rips around the race course, but you can increase its visibility with simple
graphic design changes.

EDITORIAL

Executive Editor Debra Cleghorn ›› debrac@airage.com Senior Technical Editor Gerry Yarrish ›› gerryy@airage.com West Coast Senior Editor John Reid ›› johnr@airage.com Deputy Managing Editor Katherine Pierpont Copyeditor Suzanne Saunders

CONTRIBUTORS

Bob Aberle, Gary Allen, Jason Benson, Budd Davisson, Roy Day, Don Edberg, Mike Gantt, Dave Garwood, Dave Gierke, Greg Gimlick, John Glezellis, Henry Haffke, Aaron Ham, Sal Iasilli, Clarence Lee, Jim Newman, Mark Rittinger, Jim Ryan, David Scott, Jerry Smith, Quique Somenzini, Aaron Strietzel, Faye Stilley, Michael Stroup, John Tanzer, Richard Thompson, Craig Trachten, Paul Tradelius, Pat Tritle, Rich Uravitch, David Vaught, Michael York, Nick Ziroli Sr.

MEDIA SERVICES

Vice President Media Services & Corporate Strategy Laurene R. Booth Creative Director Betty K. Nero Art Director Kevin Monahan Graphic Designer Gustavo Gallicia Senior Photographer Hope McCall Content Specialist Joseph Arthur Web Producer Holly Hansen Traffic Supervisor Tracey Terenzi

ADVERTISING

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