04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP
KRATMO
MARIS DISLERS TESTS THE REPLICA KRATMO GRON
2.5CC DIESEL, AND REVEALS THE FASCINATING
BACKGROUND TO KRATMO ENGINES.
15 CLUB CORNER –
ESSEX FLYING GROUP
CLUB CORNER RETURNS AS A REGULAR COLUMN,
THIS MONTH IT FEATURES THE ESSEX FLYING GROUP.
16 INTERNATIONAL
INDOOR FLY IN EVENT
AT NIJMEGEN HOLLAND
PETE FARDELL REPORTS ON THE 2023 IIFI FF SCALE
EVENT AT NIJMEGEN IN HOLLAND, WHICH FEATURED
STUNNING SCALE MODELS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE.
26 AVIATION BUG –
A LIFETIME INFECTION
PART 1: MARTIN DILLY RECALLS HIS EARLIEST
AEROMODELLING AND AVIATION EXPERIENCES,
FROM THE 1930S TO 1950. PART 2 NEXT MONTH
WILL COVER THE 1950S TO THE 1960S.
30 IVAN TAYLOR’S 2023
COUPE D’HIVER MODEL
DEVELOPMENT
IVAN TAYLOR DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS
NEW SERIES OF COUPE D’HIVER MODELS.
32 FREE PLAN
WILLOW WREN
CHRIS GREENOCK PRESENTS PETER SMART’S
DESIGN FOR A CONTEST WINNING 20 INCH
WINGSPAN INDOOR SCALE GLIDER.
42 CIRCLE OF LIFE
GEORGE PICKEN’S CONTROL LINE COLUMN THIS
MONTH DESCRIBES SOME LATE SUMMER 2023
FLYING SESSIONS.
44 BEGINNERS’ SERIES
– PART 9 VMC ROMANY
RC CONVERSION
STUART MARSDEN CONTINUES HIS BEGINNERS’
SERIES WITH THE CONVERSION OF THE VMC
ROMANY FROM FF RUBBER TO ELECTRIC POWERED
RADIO CONTROL.
50 UK CL STUNT
NATIONALS 2023
STEVE WHITE REPORTS FROM BMFA BUCKMINSTER
ON THE 2023 UK CL STUNT NATIONALS, HELD OVER
THE LATE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
58 DUTCH VINTAGE
MAYFLY2023 PHOTO
REPORT
TON VAN MUNSTEREN TAKES US BACK TO THE
WARM DAYS OF MAY 2023 AND REPORTS ON THE
DUTCH MAYFLY VINTAGE EVENT.
60 FF SCALE MATTERS
PETE FARDELL CONTINUES HIS SCALE MATTERS
COLUMN, THIS MONTH HE REPORTS FROM LODGE
FARM AND MANCHESTER VELODROME ON TWO
VERY SUCCESSFUL FF SCALE EVENTS.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE MARCH 2024
AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
