04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP – HOLLY-COX 099 TWIN
MARIS DISLERS DESCRIBES A FASCINATING
FLAT TWIN, BASED ON COX BEE ENGINES, AND
SUGGESTS IT COULD EVEN BE A DIY PROJECT FOR
A WET WEEKEND.
16 AEROMODELLER 90TH ANNIVERSARY
GLIDE PATH & NEUTRAL POINT THEORY, FROM
1960 AEROMODELLER ANNUAL
THESE TWO ARTICLES FROM THE 1960
AEROMODELLER ANNUAL ON GLIDE SLOPE
AND NEUTRAL POINT DELVED DEEPLY INTO THE
THEORY OF THESE TOPICS, AND ARE STILL AS
RELEVANT TODAY AS THEY WERE IN 1960.
24 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL DESCRIBES CHRIS
BRAINWOOD’S NEW G.W.E. 6 BANTAM, AND
NOTES THE RECENT TREND OF SCALING UP
RUBBER POWERED SCALE DESIGNS. THERE
IS ALSO MENTION OF A NEW SCALE EVENT IN
NORTH WALES, AND PROMISING NEWS ON THIS
YEAR’S NIJMEGEN EVENT. PETE ALSO REPORTS
ON THE NW SCALE GALA AT MANCHESTER
VELODROME.
30 FREE PLAN
ANDREW BODDINGTON’S BIMINI BABY
FORMER AEROMODELLER EDITOR ANDREW
BODDINGTON UPDATES AND SHRINKS TO 22 INCH
(56CM) SPAN, AND 0.3 TO 0.5CC POWER, ONE
OF HIS FATHER DAVID BODDINGTON’S DESIGNS.
38 INDOOR E-POWER FREE FLIGHT MODELS,
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
JOHN STENNARD DESCRIBES HIS AND HIS
CLUBMATE’S DESIGNS FOR CAPACITOR AND LIPO
POWERED INDOOR FOAM FREE FLIGHT MODELS.
42 WEBSITES REVIEW PART 2 –
SITES FOR YOUR EYES
IN THE SECOND OF AN OCCASIONAL SERIES
OF ARTICLES, MARTIN DILLY HAS COMPILED
A FURTHER SELECTION OF SPECIALIST
AEROMODELLING WEBSITES, AS A COMPLEMENT
TO THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY.
44 INTERNATIONAL MODEL ENGINE SWAPMEET
JOHN GOODALL REPORTS ON THE SECOND
INTERNATIONAL ENGINE SWAPMEET, HELD IN
LAMPERTHEIM-HUTTENFELD NEAR FRANKFURT,
WITH A FASCINATING RANGE OF ENGINES FROM
A NUMBER OF EUROPEN COUNTRIES, ON DISPLAY
AND FOR SALE.
48 JET MODELS PART 2
IN THIS SECOND PART OF A TWO PART SERIES,
TREVOR WATERS DESCRIBES HIS EXTENSIVE
EXPERIENCE WITH VARIOUS JET MODELS IN THE
LAST 70 YEARS.
52 FREE FLIGHT OR RADIO CONTROL?
WELL, WHY NOT BOTH?
HIGHLY RESPECTED INDOOR SCALE EXPERT
GEORGE KANDYLAKIS DESCRIBES THE USE OF
SMALL RC SYSTEMS IN FREE FLIGHT MODELS,
EITHER FOR TRIMMING PURPOSES, OR EVEN FOR
FULL RC FLYING.
58 BEGINNER’S SERIES PART 18 –
MATADOR COVERING, FINISHING AND FLYING
STUART MARSDEN COMPLETES HIS SLEC (BELAIR)
MATADOR, IT IS NOW READY TO FLY.
62 COTTAGE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE JUNE
2025 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
