04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
8 POWER TRIP
CRE8TIONWORX OLIVER
TIGER MKII REPLICA
THIS MONTH MARIS DISLERS COVERS THE HISTORY
OF THE OLIVER TIGER MKII DIESEL, AND TESTS THE
CRE8TIONWORX REPLICA OF THIS ENGINE.
12 FREE FLIGHT 2024
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
PART 1
GB TEAM MANAGER AND F1B TEAM MEMBER MIKE
WOODHOUSE REPORTS FROM ROMANIA ON THE
2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONHIPS. IN PART 1 OF HIS
REPORT MIKE DESCRIBES THE TEAM QUALIFICATION
PROCESS, THE PREPARATION, AND TRAVEL TO THE
EVENT, PLUS THE F1A CONTEST.
2024 CL NATS
20 OLIVER COMBAT
THE NATS OLIVER COMBAT CONTEST WAS RUN ON
THE SATURDAY, DENIS MURPHY REPORTS FROM THE
THICK OF THE ACTION.
26 VINTAGE COMBAT
DENIS MURPHY REPORTS FROM BMFA BUCKMINSTER
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 2024 CL NATIONALS,
STARTING WITH THE VINTAGE TEAM RACE CONTEST.
30 FREE PLAN –
PEANUT SCALE EULER D6
USING AN UNUSUAL AND QUICK CONSTRUCTION
METHOD, THIS MODEL IS A PERFECT WINTER
BUILDING PROJECT FOR INDOOR VENUES.
36 HISTORY OF
AEROMODELLING – DELTA
707 RESTORATION, FROM
1957 TO 2024 – PART 3
DOUGAL MCINTYRE COMPLETES THE RESTORATION
OF HIS DELTA 707, AND DESCRIBES THE FIRST TEST
FLIGHTS, THE FIRST TIME THE MODEL HAD FLOWN IN
67 YEARS.
42 HISTORY OF
AEROMODELLING – RADIO
CONTROL SINCE THE 1950S
PART 2
TREVOR WATERS COMPLETES HIS PERSONAL
HISTORY OF RADIO CONTROL SYSTEMS FROM
THE 1950S TO THE EARLY 2000S. PART 2 COVERS
TUNED REED EQUIPMENT, AND MULTI CHANNEL
PROPORTIONAL CONTROL.
48 BEATING METAL CAR
BODIES BY JOHN GOODALL
IN THE OCTOBER 2024 AEROMODELLER WE
PUBLISHED ‘MY MODELLING LIFE’, JOHN GOODALL’S
RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS LIFE-LONG AEROMODELLING
INTERESTS, AND HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH TETHER
CARS IN RECENT YEARS. HERE JOHN DESCRIBES HIS
BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED METAL CAR BODIES FOR HIS
FLEET OF TETHER CARS.
53 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
54 CLUB CORNER
IMPINGTON VILLAGE MODEL AEROPLANE CLUB. THE
CLUB WAS FORMED 78 YEARS AGO BY THE LATE,
GREAT RAY MALMSTROM. THE CLUB HAS A STRONG
JUNIOR CONTINGENT, AND RUNS SEVERAL PUBLIC
EVENTS EACH YEAR.
58 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH OUR FREE FLIGHT SCALE COLUMNIST
PETE FARDELL REPORTS ON THE EDDIE RIDING FREE
FLIGHT SCALE CONTEST AT BMFA BUCKMINSTER,
AND DESCRIBES HIS WINTER BUILDING PROJECT
FOR THE INTERMEDIATE SCALE CLASS AT THE NEXT
SPRING’S INDOOR FF SCALE NATIONALS.
62 COTTAGE INDUSTRY
DIRECTORY
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE NOVEMBER
2024 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL
