04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
07 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
08 CLAPA 50TH ANNIVERSARY
KEVIN MORGAN REPORTS ON THE CONTROL
LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BMFA BUCKMINSTER.
10 RYLEE’S MODELS KIT REVIEW
AFTER THE SRI LANKAN OWNER OF RYLEE’S
MODELS WAS REFUSED A TRADE VISA FOR THE
WESTON PARK MODEL SHOW, YOUR EDITOR
WAS KINDLY GIVEN A RYLEE’S MODELS ‘CLASSIC
RUBBER POWERED AERO MODEL KIT’ BY BRIAN
SPENCER, AND SET ABOUT BUILDING AND FLYING
IT AT A TRINITY INDOOR MEETING.
12 OXFORD MFC SCALE FLY-IN 2026
CHRIS BRAINWOOD REPORTS ON THE 2026
OXFORD MFC SCALE EVENT FROM THE DREAMING
SPIRES VENUE OF PORT MEADOW.
18 POWER TRIP – SPARK IGNITION ENGINES – THE
RISE & FALL OF THE TWO-SPEED TIMER
MARK ROBINSON DESCRIBES THE EARLY
EVOLUTION OF THE SPARK IGNITION ENGINE TWOSPEED
TIMER, AND WHY THEY FAILED TO CATCH
ON.
22 FREE PLAN – NICK PEPPIATT’S TEFFT CONTESTER
PISTACHIO SCALE
THIS MONTH’S FREE PLAN IS NICK PEPPIATT’S
DELIGHTFUL TEFFT CONTESTER INDOOR
PISTACHIO SCALE MODEL, A PERFECT MODEL TO
BUILD FOR THE UPCOMING INDOOR SEASON.
30 THE OBSESSIVE BUILDER’S DIARY – PART 7
OUR RESIDENT OBSESSIVE BUILDER JOHN
PERIC DESCRIBES HOW HE TOOK A 40” SPAN
RINGMASTER CONTROL LINE STUNT MODEL
DESIGN THAT HAD BEEN CONVERTED BY NICK
ZIROLI TO A 50” SPAN RC MODEL, AND ENLARGED
IT INTO A 90” SPAN RINGMASTER.
40 TETHER CARS – OLIVER BRM P25
JOHN GOODALL PRESENTS HIS OLIVER BRM P25
TETHER CAR, BASED ON THE LEGENDARY BRM
P25 F1 CAR OF THE LATE 1950S.
42 SCALE MATTERS
PETE FARDELL ROUNDS UP ALL THE ACTION
FROM THE RECENT FREE FLIGHT SCALE SCENE.
48 COTTAGE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
50 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
