04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP
EBENEZER MAJOR
MARIS DISLERS TAKES A LOOK AT THE WELLKNOWN
EBENEZER BIPLANE, AND DESCRIBES
THE BEST OPTIONS FOR MATCHING THE POWER
OF THE COX 049 ENGINE TO THE MODEL’S FLIGHT
CHARACTERISTICS.
12 CLUB CORNER
THIS MONTH WE SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE
DERBYSHIRE RC FLYERS CLUB, WHO HAVE TWO
FLYING SITES NEAR ASHBOURNE.
14 SAM 35 –
WHO ARE THEY
SAM 35 PRESIDENT ANDY BROUGH PRESENTS THE
STORY OF SAM 35, FROM ITS BEGINNINGS IN 1980
UP TO THE PRESENT DAY.
20 SAM 35 SPRING
GALA AND SWAPMEET
YOUR EDITOR REPORTS ON THE SAM 35 SPRING
GALA AND SWAPMEET AT BMFA BUCKMINSTER, ON
A DRY BUT BLUSTERY WEEKEND.
24 SCALE MATTERS
PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM THE INDOOR SCALE
FREE FLIGHT NATIONALS AT WOLVERHAMPTON
UNIVERSITY SPORTS HALL IN WALSALL, ON SUNDAY
21ST APRIL.
34 FREE PLAN – FROGWELL
FLYER
RICHARD PRESTON RETURNS TO HIS
AEROMODELLING ROOTS, AND PRESENTS HIS
VINTAGE STYLE 17 INCH WINGSPAN INDOOR
RUBBER POWERED FROGWELL FLYER.
38 BEGINNER’S SERIES
– PART 13:
VMC SPARROWHAWK
STUART MARSDEN DESCRIBES THE TECHNIQUES
REQUIRED TO CONVERT SMALL OR
LIGHTWEIGHT MODELS SUCH AS THE VMC
SPARROWHAWK TO RADIO CONTROL.
44 ANDY CRISP
INTERVIEW
ANDY CRISP HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE AND HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL FREE FLIGHT COMPETITOR EVER
SINCE HE WAS A TEN YEAR OLD BOY. YOUR EDITOR
RECENTLY MET UP WITH HIM TO DISCUSS HIS
AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN OVER 60 YEARS
OF FREE FLIGHT, FISHING, AND PLAYING DRUMS IN
NUMEROUS JAZZ BANDS.
50 MODELAIR MAYFLY
PHOTO FEATURE
YOUR EDITOR REPORTS FROM OLD WARDEN
AIRFIELD FOR THE MODELAIR MAYFLY EVENT.
THE MODELAIR EVENTS CONTINUE TO GO FROM
STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, WITH A WIDER RANGE
OF ATTRACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAN EVER. THIS
TIME EVEN THE WEATHER COOPERATED.
58 CIRCLE OF LIFE –
HAVING A GO
THIS MONTH GEORGE PICKENS DESCRIBES HIS VISIT
TO THE CL EVENTS AT THE SAM 35 SPRING GALA,
AND TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT THE DAVE COWBURN
DESIGNED STILETTO, DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR
THE NEW CL STUNT RACING CATEGORY.
60 CREDGINTON
TROPHY REPORT
PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM BMFA
BUCKMINSTER, AS THE CREDGINGTON TROPHY
CONTEST FOR FREE FLIGHT SCALE WAS RUN AT THE
SAM 35 SPRING GALA.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE AUGUST
2024 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
