04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
10 POWER TRIP EXTREM
LONG STROKE
MARIS DISLERS TESTS RICHARD GRON’S REPLICA
OF THE EXTREM DIESEL, THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE
LONGEST STROKE MODEL ENGINES EVER DEVISED.
14 CLUB CORNER
THIS MONTH IN THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF THIS
NEWLY RETURNED COLUMN WE ARE FEATURING
OXFORD MFC.
16 AVIATION BUG – A
LIFETIME INFECTION
PART 2 OF MARTIN DILLY’S WONDERFUL
RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS EARLY FULL SIZE AND
MODEL AIRCRAFT ACTIVITIES, COVERING THE
PERIOD 1950 TO THE 1960S.
22 THE E20 STORY
IN THE FIRST PART OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON
THE FF E20 CLASS, JONATHAN WHITMORE LOOKS AT
THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS.
28 FREE PLAN SEMI
SCALE SUPER SANTA
MARIA
DAVID BODDINGTON’S SEMI SCALE SANTA
MARIA DESIGN FROM THE 1960 IS UPDATED AND
ENLARGED BY JOHN PERIC, WITH AN INTRODUCTION
FROM ANDREW BODDINGTON.
40 JUMPIN BEAN KIT
REVIEW
RENOWNED CL SPEED FLYER PAUL EISNER
LOOKS AT A NEW CL SPORT MODEL FROM KIT
MANUFACTURER FLY4FUN, AND BUILDS AND FLIES
THE JUMPIN BEAN DESIGN FOR 049 ENGINES.
46 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
48 YEOMAN
DIXIELANDER KIT
REVIEW
ANDY SEPHTON DESCRIBES THE BUILDING AND
FLYING OF THE YEOMAN DIXIELANDER, FOR SAM 35
VINTAGE POWER DURATION CONTESTS.
54 THE CLOUD
APPRECIATION
SOCIETY
YOUR EDITOR ASKES THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE
ONE THING THAT ALL AEROMODELLERS HAVE IN
COMMON? ANSWER – WE ALL SPEND MANY HOURS
LOOKING UP AT THE SKY, AND CAN’T FAIL TO NOTICE
ALL THE AMAZING CLOUD FORMATIONS ABOVE US.
58 CIRCLE OF LIFE
GEORGE PICKEN’S CONTROL LINE COLUMN
DESCRIBES HIS SUCCESS IN CONVINCING RC
FLYERS TO TRY CL ONCE AGAIN.
60 FF SCALE MATTERS
IN THIS MONTH’S FF SCALE COLUMN PETE FARDELL
INVITES IVAN TAYLOR TO DESCRIBE HIS TWIN
ELECTRIC DUCTED FAN GLOSTER METEOR, VISITS A
COUPLE OF SCALE MEETINGS, AND REVEALS WHAT
IS CURRENTLY ON HIS BUILDING BOARD.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE APRIL 2024
AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
