4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 SPORT SCALE MASTERCLASS PART 16
The power to fly! Gordon Whitehead deals with engines for
scale models
12 FULL SIZE PLAN FEATURE
AVRO 504K
36″ span for electric power and three-function R/C – designed
by Peter Rake and test-built by James Laird in Australia and
John Cinderey of the UK, who carried out the test flights
16 AVRO 504 TYPE HISTORY
From WW1 warrior to trainer of the many, the venerable ‘504
served for more than 25 years
20 IN DETAIL: AVRO 504K
The Shuttleworth Collection’s pristine airworthy example that
still performs at Old Warden
26 gloster meteor mk.4
An Electric powered ducted fan driven sport-scale model of
R.A.F. Fighter Command’s first-generation jet fighter, designed
by PAUL TUPKER
32 Electric DUCTED solutions
Gordon Whitehead explains how to match fan unit,battery and
ESC unit to a model
34 METEOR MK.4 SCALE DRAWING
1:70 three-views showing early and later wing planforms
36 meteor type history
Dawn of the jet age; the early variants; F.1 to F.4
43 meteor flying colours
Colour schemes carried by R.A.F ‘Meatboxes’ and other air arms
46 METEOR MK.4 IN DETAIL
A composite study of the Midland Air Museum’s F. Mk.IV at
Baginton, Coventry, and the Tangmere Military Aviation
Museum’s 1946 record holder
52 BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER
PART 2: Andy Ward completes and flies his 86″ wingspan
model of the Bristol Beaufighter, designed for .75-.80 cu.in. four
stroke engines
60 BEAUFIGHTER FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint schemes carried by Beaufighters in different
warzones
62 BEAUFIGHTER IN DETAIL
A close-up study of the Beaufighter Mk.X, held on display at
the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
