Feb 2016 No.195
FEBRUARY 2016 NO.195
4 CONTACT
Just for starters
8 KIT Review Curtiss P-40N
All wired up with retracts installed. Ken Sheppard test
Durafly’s ARTF warbird
14 TYPE HISTORY:
Curtiss P-40 series B to N
Overshadowed by later WW2 fighters, the P-40 possessed vital
availability when others were far from ready and proved a
valuable machine within its capabilities
20 P-40 SCALE DRAWING
1:60 fine-line three-views show P-40D to P-40N
and Kittyhawks Mks I to IV
22 SCALE SOARING
Successful end-of-season Ghost Squadron aerotow meet
26 full size free plan feature
ANDRAESSON BA-4B
A 30.7” (778mm) wingspan 1/6 scale, electric powered model
of the Swedish home-build aerobatic biplane designed
by Peter Rake
32 QUIET ZONE
Peter Rake presents the final part of his micro-scale DH6 with
pull-out plans for the wings
38 TECHNO SCALE
More scale web sites to click on
40 master models
DHC-2 BEAVER
Andreas Engel’s massive all-metal DHC-2 wowed the crowd at
LMA Cosford 2015
46 BEAVER SCALE DRAWING
1:60 scale three-views showing the Beaver on wheels, floats
and skiss
48 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
DHC-2 BEAVER
A true workhorse-of-the-air and one that might even go on to
score a century in service!
52 LMA GAYDON 2015
Alex Whittaker makes his first visit to the Gaydon indoor
exhibition and likes it!
60 SMALL TORQUE
The late John Ralph conducted these successful experiments
with contra-rotating propeller systems for small and electric and rubber powered free flightmodels
