04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
07 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
08 POWER TRIP
RUSTLER JAGUAR
REPLICA
MARIS DISLERS TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT BOTH
THE ORGINAL OLIVER JAGUAR ENGINE, AND THE
RUSSIAN MADE REPLICA RUSTLER JAGUAR,
MARKETED BY IAN RUSSELL IN THE LATE 1990S.
12 SPECTACULAR
SPARKY
ANDY SEPHTON DESCRIBES THE BUILDING AND
FINISHING OF HIS SPARKY KIT, USING THE NEW
DELUXE MATERIALS BLACK TISSUE TO CREATE A
DRAMATIC COLOUR SCHEME WITH DM YELLOW AND
YELLOW CHEQUER TISSUE.
16 FRIENDS, FOOD
AND FLYING
JOHN PERIC ENLARGES THE PILOT KITS QB15H BY
10%, AND INVITES A GROUP OF FRIENDS TO ENJOY
SEEING IT FLY WHILST ENJOYING THE PERICS’
HOSPITALITY.
20 FROM NOSTALGIA
TO NOW
CL STUNT FLYER PETE TINDAL LOOKS BACK OVER
65 YEARS OF FLYING, HIS EARLY EXPERIENCES IN
CL AEROBATICS, THE FORMATION OF CLAPA, AND
HIS F2B TEAM PLACES, FOLLOWED BY RC FLYING,
ESTABLISHING HIS OWN MODEL BUSINESS, AND HIS
RETURN TO CL AEROBATICS.
26 MICRO RC MODELS
52 YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST FEATURE APPEARED IN
AEROMODELLER IN 1972, JOHN STENNARD COVERS
THE LATEST AMAZING DEVELOPMENTS IN MICRO
RC MODELS.
32 FREE PLAN E20
PART 3 – IDIOM PLAN
FEATURE
IN THE FINAL PART OF OUR DEFINITIVE E20
DEVELOPMENT SERIES JONATHAN WHITMORE
OFFERS A BEGINNER FRIENDY E20 DESIGN
SUITABLE FOR THE NFFS RULES, WHICH HAVE NOW
BEEN ADOPTED IN THE UK.
40 FREE PLAN 2
FLYPAPER
JIM LEUKEN’S FATHER JOHN LEUKEN HAD A PAPER
PLANE DESIGN CALLED FLYPAPER PUBLISHED
IN AMERICAN MODELER MAGAZINE IN 1973. JIM
HAS REVISITED HIS FATHER’S ORIGINL DESIGN, IT
IS AN INDEAL FUN MODEL FOR CLUB INDOOR OR
OUTDOOR MEETINGS.
44 BEGINNER’S SERIES
– PART 11: SUPER
SUPERCAPACITOR
STUART MARSDEN AND PAUL BURLING INTRODUCE
INDOOR MODELS POWERED BY SUPERCAPACITORS
RATHER THAN LIPO BATTERIES OR RUBBER POWER.
49 MAGNETIC
BUILDING BOARDS
PETE WARD DESCRIBES THE CONSTRUCTION
AND USE OF A STEEL BUILDING BOARD, WHERE
MAGNETS ARE USED TO HOLD PARTS IN PLACE
DURING MODEL AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION, RATHER
THAN THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF USING PINS
AND A WOOD OR CORK BUILDING BOARD.
52 AN EASY TO BUILD
DYNAMOMETER
JOE SUPERCOOL DESCRIBES HIS DEVELOPMENT OF
A SIMPLE DYNAMOMETER FOR DETERMINING THE
TORQUE OF IC AND ELECTRIC MOTORS.
58 CIRCLE OF LIFE –
THE LINEMAN
GEORGE PICKENS MANAGES TO GET OUT TO THE
FLYING FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, AND
ALSO DESCRIBES MAKING HIS OWN LINES RATHER
THAN BUYING READY MADE ONES.
60 FF SCALE MATTERS
FF SCALE COLUMNIST PETE FARDELL DESCRIBES
A NEW RUBBER-POWERED PIPER CLIPPER FROM
CHRIS BRAINWOOD, A KK CESSNA 170 FROM ANDY
BLACKBURN, AND A PISTACHIO SCALE SPITFIRE.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE JUNE 2024
AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
