04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP
SAM250 DIESEL
MARIS DISLERS TESTS THE SAM250 PHOENIX
DIESEL, AN ENGINE CREATED BY ALEX PHIN,
WHO INCORPORATED PARTS FROM UKRANIAN
ENGINE BUILDER ALEXANDR MATUSHA, AFTER HIS
WORKSHOP WAS DEVASTATED BY FALLEN RUSSIAN
WARPLANE DEBRIS IN 2022.
14 CLUB CORNER
THIS MONTH THE PETERBOROUGH MFC CLUB
CHAIRMAN DESCRIBES THE AMAZINGLY WIDERANGING
AND INNOVATIVE PETERBOROUGH MODEL
FLYING CLUB, AND THE YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES
ORGANISED BY THE CLUB.
16 E20 DEVELOPMENT
SERIES
IN PART 2 OF THIS MAJOR NEW SERIES ON THE
FF E20 CLASS, JONATHAN WHITMORE EXAMINES
HOW THE CHANGES IN E20 RULES HAVE SHAPED
E20 MODEL DESIGNS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
PERFORM WELL ON THE FLYING FIELD.
24 TETHERED CARS
UPDATE
LYNN AND HUGH BLOWERS COVER THE RECENT
UPDATES IN THE WORLD OF TETHERED CARS,
AND THE WORLD WIDE RECOGNITION THAT THE
BUCKMINSTER TETHERED CAR TRACK IS ACHIEVING.
26 MAKING SMALL
RUBBER-POWERED KIT
SCALE MODELS FLY
HIGHLY EXPERIENCED FF SCALE FLYER ANDY
BLACKBURN OFFERS A RANGE OF TIPS AND ADVICE
ON GETTING THE BEST OUT OF THESE SCALE KITS,
INCLUDING A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES OF THESE TIPS
BEING PUT INTO ACTION.
32 FREE PLAN TOM
THUMB MK1D(EPRON)
ARNALDO CORREIA REVISITS THE ORIGINAL VIC
SMEED 1954 TOM THUMB, AND UPDATES THE
DESIGN TO MICRO RC AND ELECTRIC POWER, WITH
A DEPRON BASED VERSION FOR INDOOR FLYING,
AND THE ORIGINAL BALSA BASED DESIGN FOR
OUTDOOR FLYING.
40 ENGINE CLEANING
WITH SURFEX
NIGEL MONKS WALKS US THROUGH HIS METHOD
OF CLEANING OLD ENGINES USING BILT HAMBER
SURFEX, AND DEMONSTRATES SOME SPECTACULAR
RESULTS USING THIS METHOD.
44 BEGINNER’S SERIES
– PART 10: ROMANY’S
RADIO DAYS
STUART MARSDEN FOLLOWS UP HIS KIT BUILD
REVIEW OF THE VMC ROMANY IN THE FEBRUARY
2024 AEROMODELLER WITH THE CONVERSION
OF THE MODEL FROM RUBBER-POWERED FF TO
ELECTRIC-POWERED RC.
48 2023 CL TEAM RACE
NATIONALS 2023
SIMON MOLYNEUX TAKES US BACK TO THE WARM
AND SUNNY 2023 CL TEAM RACE NATIONALS AT
BMFA BUCKMINSTER LAST AUGUST, WHERE THERE
WERE SOME VERY POPULAR WINNERS.
52 BETTER LATE THAN
NEVER
USA BASED EX-PAT TED ALLEBONE DESCRIBES
HOW HE FINALLY REALIZED HIS LIFE LONG DREAM
TO BUILD DOUG MCHARD’S SE5A FF SCALE
DESIGN, WHICH WAS ORGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE
CHRISTMAS 1957 AEROMODELLER.
58 CIRCLE OF LIFE –
THE BUILD YIELD
THIS MONTH GEORGE PICKENS REVEALS THE
FRUITS OF HIS WINTER BUILDING PROGRAMME, AND
REVIEWS AN AMAZING NEW PRODUCT THAT HAS
BECOME AVAILABLE FOR CONTROL LINE FLYING.
60 FF SCALE MATTERS
AEROMODELLER’S FF SCALE COLUMNIST PETE
FARDELL DESCRIBES UPDATES ON A TWIN RUBBERPOWERED
DH MOSQUITO PROJECT, HIS OWN
MORANE TYPE P BUILD, AND REPORTS ON THE NW
FF GALA AT THE ICONIC MANCHESTER VELODROME.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE MAY 2024
AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL
