04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR
DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP OS 55AX-BE
JOHN PERIC DIGS OUT AN INTERESTING JAPANESE GLOW
ENGINE FROM THE EARLY NOUGHTIES, WHICH RUNS ON
ETHANOL, AND WAS ORIGINALLY ONLY SOLD IN JAPAN.
12 CLUB CORNER
THOSE WHO PERUSE THE BMFA BUCKMINSTER EVENTS
CALENDAR MAY HAVE NOTICED THE MONTHLY MONDAY
& TUESDAY EVENTS RUN BY THE BUCKY POWER
STRUGGLERS, AND WONDERED WHO THEY WERE. WONDER
NO MORE.
14 CLUB CORNER 2
SOUTH BRISTOL MAC ARE A CLUB THAT HAVE BEEN
STEEPED IN CONTROL LINE AND FREE FLIGHT ACTIVITY
FOR MANY YEARS. SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN NAMES IN
U.K. CONTROL LINE COMPETITION FLYING ARE MEMBERS
OF THIS CLUB.
16 LA 9IEME GRAND COUPE
DE BIRMINGHAM 2024
YOUR EDITOR REPORTS FROM A SUNNY MOD NORTH
LUFFENHAM ON THE FIRST OUTDOOR FF EVENT OF THE
YEAR. THERE WAS A BUMPER TURNOUT ON A SPRING-LIKE
DAY. AFTER THE LONG WINTER MONTHS, FINALLY THE 2024
FF CONTEST SEASON IS UNDERWAY.
19 TRINITY INDOOR
MEETING
YOUR EDITOR MADE THE TRIP TO NEWBURY TO VISIT THE
TRINITY INDOOR FLYERS, WHO ONCE A MONTH FLY IN AN
IMPRESSIVE SPORTS HALL IN NEWBURY.
22 CL FESTIVAL OF
FLIGHT
EVRE WONDERED WHY SOME PEOPLE STILL FLY CONTROL
LINE INSTEAD OF RADIO CONTROL? THE CL FESTIVAL OF
FLIGHT IS YOUR CHANCE TO FIND OUT, WITH TRAINERS
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NEVER TRIED CL
FLYING, IT’S A CHANCE NOT TO BE MISSED.
26 BEGINNER’S SERIES
– PART 12: WHICH RC
SYSTEM SUITS ME?
IN THIS LATEST ARTICLE IN HIS BEGINNER’S SERIES,
STUART MARSDEN REVIEWS THE VARIOUS RC SYSTEMS
THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN
GETTING INVOLVED IN RC FLYING.
30 FREE PLAN FROGLET
HERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THOSE CALM SPRING
AND SUMMER EVENINGS. A FREE FLIGHT CANARD FOR
SMALL DIESEL OR GLOW MOTORS, OR EVEN ELECTRIC OR
CO2 POWER, IT IS EASY TO BUILD AND GREAT FUN TO FLY.
38 AIRSPEED HORSA RC
SCALE GLIDER
EARLY THIS YEAR BRIAN SPENCER FOUND HIMSELF
UNEXPECTEDLY BUILDING AN AIRSPEED HORSA SCALE
GLIDER, WHICH HE VERY CLEVERLY BUILT USING A
NUMBER OF 3D PRINTED PARTS.
44 PSS SLOPE SOARERS
ANDY BLACKBURN PRESENTS A DETAILED SUMMARY
OF VARIOUS TYPES OF POWER SCALE SLOPE SOARERS,
DESCRIBES THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, AND EXPLAINS
THE VARIOUS AERODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR
SUCCESSFUL PSS SOARERS.
50 ENGINE MOUNT
CONVERSION
SUPERCOOL TACKLES THE TRICKY TASK OF HOW TO
CONVERT BEAM-MOUNTED ENGINES TO A RADIAL MOUNT.
52 IN SCALE CRCLES
RONNIE PAGES’S OCCASIONAL ROUND UP OF THE WORLD
OF CL SCALE. HERE HE DESCRIBES THE RESEARCH,
DESIGN AND BUILDING OF HIS HANDLEY PAGE VICTOR,
AND REPORTS ON VARIOUS CL SCALE PROJECTS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
58 CIRCLE OF LIFE – CLIMB
AND DIVE IN THE SKY
GEORGE PICKENS HAS VENTURED OUT TO THE FLYING
FIELD TO TEST A NEW CLIMB AND DIVE DEVICE, BUT WITH
A FORECAST OF INCREASING WINDS, HE MADE SURE HE
HAD A PLAN B IN CASE IT PROVED TOO WINDY TO FLY.
60 FF SCALE MATTERS
FF SCALE COLUMNIST PETE FARDELL PAYS TRIBUTE
TO RAY HALL, WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, REPORTS
ON LEE BATES’ FOAM FF SCALE MODELS, AND ON THE
PROGRESS OF HIS OWN MORANE TYPE P.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE JULY 2024
AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
