6 BLOHM UND VOSS BV208
Late-WW2 German fighter design that
explored the boundaries of aerodynamics
but never went further than design stage
‘. But Chris Golds proved the shape
workable with his simple-to-build 32” span,
electric powered three-channel replica
12 SURVIVING FREE FLIGHT SCALE
Part 8: Andrew Hewitt finalises his series
with the techniques for achieving reliable
competition flight performance
16 MARTINSYDE F.4 BUZZARD
Dr. Mike Hawkins F.R.Ae.S. presents his 1/6th
scale 62.5” (1660mm) wingspan model of
the best WWI fighter type that the Royal Air
Force never had in any numbers
24 BUZZARD TYPE HISTORY
Fastest of all the British WW1-era fi ghter
aircraft, it reached the newly formed
Royal Air Force just months before the
end of hostilities. Although the best, in
performance terms, to carry the Service
forward into peacetime, it was passed
over. Was it a case of who you know…?
28 BUZZARD IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study of the sole surviving
Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard, now a museum
exhibit in Finland
30 MARTINSYDE F.4
SCALE DRAWING
1:60 three-view
32 FOAMIE FLYING FLEA!
Dave Ridgeway’s all-foam indoor fl yer
for free flight, or 20” span for R/C scale,
electric powered.
40 THE LONGBON FLEA
By far and away the best model of the
Mignet H.M.14 Pou du Ceil that we have
ever seen appeared in the December
issue of AeroModeller almost sixty years
back in 1963
42 TYPE HISTORY: MIGNET
H.M.14 AND ITS DERIVATIVES
The Flea that went to War!
46 MIGNET POU DU CIEL
SCALE DRAWING
1:30 detailed dawings of the H.M.14
& H.M.280
50 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE:
FOCKE WULF FW.56 STOSSER
A distinctive shape that offers the scale
modeller the prospect of pre-WWII style
and authentic aerobatic performance
55 STOSSER IN DETAIL
Close-up detail study
58 FOCKE WULF FW56
SCALE DRAWING
1:50 detailed scale drawings
60 SCALE FROM SCRATCH
PART 3: THE RIGHT BALANCE
C.G. calculation; wing section selection;
wing & tailplane incidences
