04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP SAM 100
DIESEL
MARIS DISLERS REVIEWS THE NEW SAM100 DIESEL,
WHICH WILL BE THE LAST OF THE SAM SERIES OF
ENGINES FROM ALEX PHINN AND ALEXANDR MATUSHA.
14 THE EZE DOPE ADVANTAGE
JOHN BRISTOW FROM DELUXE MATERIALS, AND ANDY
SEPHTON, SHOW HOW DELUXE MATERIALS EZE DOPE
CAN BE USED WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COVERING
MATERIALS.
16 CLUB CORNER
THIS MONTH WE ARE FEATURING OLDHAM MODEL
AERO CLUB, A CLUB WITH A LONG AND PROUD HISTORY
DATING BACK TO 1945.
18 CONTROL LINE FESTIVAL
OF FLIGHT – PHOTO REPORT
YOUR EDITOR WAS AT BUCKMISNTER IN JUNE TO
VISIT THE CONTROL LINE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT, A
TWO DAY EVENT ORGANISED BY THE BMFA CONTROL
LINE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TO CELEBRATE ALL
CLASSES OF CONTROL LINE FLYING, WITH AUDIENCE
PARTICIPATION ACTIVELY ENCOURAGED.
22 LODGE FARM FF SCALE REPORT
FREE FLIGHT SCALE COLUMNIST PETE FARDELL
REPORTS FROM THE LODGE FARM SCALE EVENT, ON A
DAY OF PERFECT WEATHER AND IDYLLIC FLYING.
26 DELTA 707 RESTORATION,
FROM 1957 TO 2024 – PART 1
IN A MAJOR NEW SERIES DOUGAL MCINTYRE
DESCRIBES THE PAINSTAKING RESTORATION OF HIS
DELTA 707. PART 1 COVERS THE WORK TO REVEAL
THE ORIGINAL AIRFRAME, AND THE START OF THE
RECONSTRUCTION.
32 PLAN FEATURE – ANDREW
LONGHURST’S P30 MODELS
ANDREW LONGHURST’S DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT
OF HIS P30 MODELS, WHICH ARE BASED ON
THE ORIGINAL ‘SANDBOX’ P30 DESIGN BY JOHN
OLDENCAMP. WE ARE INDEBTED TO FREE FLIGHT
QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, WHERE THIS ARTICLE WAS
FIRST PUBLISHED, AND TO ANDREW LONGHURST, FOR
GRANTING PERMISSION TO PUBLISH THIS ARTICLE IN
AEROMODELLER.
36 MAGNETIC MOVERS
JOHN STENNARD FOLLOWS UP HIS ARTICLE ON
MICRO RC MODELS IN THE MAY 2024 AEROMODELLER
BY DESCRIBING SOME OTHER SUITABLE MODELS,
INCLUDING NO-CAL PROFILE SCALE MODELS.
42 GIANMAURO
CASTAGNETTI’S TETHERED
CAR ENGINES
REKNOWN ITALIAN ENGINE BUILDER GIANMAURO
CASTAGNETTI, DESCRIBES HOW HE CAME TO BE
INVOLVED IN DESIGNING AND BUILDING ENGINES FOR
TETHERED CARS, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS SUCH AS
MARINE ENGINES FOR MODEL BOATS.
46 PAPER MODELS
UPDATE
FOLLOWING THE ‘FLYPAPER’ PAPER PLANE FREE PLAN
IN THE MAY 2024 ISSUE OF AEROMODELLER, HERE
IS THE FIRST OF TWO FOLLOW UP ARTICLES ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PAPER MODELS. THIS FIRST ARTICLE
IS BY ROBERT HAUG FROM THE USA, AND COVERS SOME
REFINEMENTS FOR BUILDING THE FLYPAPER WING,
AND DESCRIBES A FEW USEFUL BOOKS FOR GETTING
STARTED IN BUILDING AND FLYING PAPER PLANES.
50 PAPER PLANES 2
FOLLOWING ROBERT HAUG’S ARTICLE ON PAPER
PLANES ON THE PREVIOUS PAGES, HERE IS RICHARD
FALCONER’S UPDATE ON THE HISTORY OF PAPER
PLANES FROM THE 1920’S ONWARDS.
52 RADIO ASSIST
FREE FLIGHT
TREVOR WATERS COVERS THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY
TYPES OF RADIO CONTROL, AND DESCRIBES HOW
VINTAGE FREE FLIGHT MODELS CAN NOW USE RADIO
ASSIST USING MODERN LIGHTWEIGHT RC SYSTEMS.
58 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL DESCRIBES SOME VERY
IMPRESSIVE NEW SCALE MODELS, AND ALSO REPORTS
ON THE OUTDOOR FF SCALE NATIONALS AT BMFA
BUCKMINSTER, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY HAD A LOW
TURNOUT DESPITE THE WEATHER BEING GOOD.
62 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE OCTOBER 2024
AEROMODELLER.
63 COTTAGE INDUSTRY
DIRECTORY
A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF SMALL AEROMODELLING
COTTAGE INDUSTRY COMPANIES, MAINLY RUN BY AN
INDIVIDUAL ON A PART TIME BASIS.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL
