04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP
THE MAY 2024 AEROMODELLER FEATURED A
‘POWER TRIP’ ARTICLE BY MARIS DISLERS ON THE
RUSTLER JAGUAR REPLICA ENGINES. MICHAEL
MCINTYRE RESPONDED TO THIS ARTICLE WITH A
FASCINATING UPDATE ON THESE ENGINES.
14 PAPER PLANE
NATIONALS
FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF JIM LEUKEN’S
‘FLY PAPER’ IN THE MAY 2024 AEROMODELLER,
PETERBOROUGH MFC HAVE COME UP WITH A
SENSATIONAL NEW COMPETITION FOR PAPER
RUBBER POWERED INDOOR FREE FLIGHT MODEL
AIRCRAFT.
16 RETURNING TO
THE FRAY
ANDREW NIELD DECIDED TO RETURN TO CL COMBAT
FLYING AFTER A GAP OF 45 YEARS, HERE IS HIS
FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF THE CHALLENGES HE
ENCOUNTERED IN RETURNING TO THE FRAY.
22 FREE FLIGHT
NATIONALS REPORT
OUR INTREPID REPORTER CHRIS EDGE REPORTS
FROM SALISBURY PLAIN ON THE FREE FLIGHT
NATIONALS, HELD OVER THE WHITSUN BANK
HOLIDAY.
30 FREE PLAN –
BLIZZARD E20
THIS MONTH’S FREE PLAN IS JOHN O’SULLIVANS
BLIZZARD E20 DESIGN, COMING SIXTY YEARS AFTER
HIS ‘HI-TEE’ F1C MODEL WAS PUBLISHED IN THE
FEBRUARY 1964 ‘MODEL AIRCRAFT’ MAGAZINE,
AND WHICH HE FLEW IN THE 1960 AND 1963 FF
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE BLIZZARD E20 IS THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN A VERY LONG LINE OF
SUCCESSFUL FF POWER MODELS.
38 BEGINNER’S SERIES
– PART 14: MERCURY
MATADOR REVISITED
STUART MARSDEN HAS THREE DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF THE MERCURY MATADOR, WHICH HE
HAS EXHUMED FROM HIS GARAGE, AND EMBARKS
ON UPDATING THEM WITH MODERN MOTORS,
BATTERIES, AND RADIO CONTROL SYSTEMS.
42 AERODYNAMICS
THEORY – REYNOLDS
NUMBERS EXPLAINED
TREVOR WATERS DESCRIBES THE INFLUENCE OF
LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS ON THE CHOICE OF
SUITABLE AIRFOILS FOR SMALLER, LIGHTWEIGHT
MODELS, AND ALSO PROVIDES A LINK TO A HANDY
SPREADSHEET FOR CALCULATING OPTIMUM CG
POSITIONS.
46 RC INDOOR SCALE
NATIONALS
YOUR EDITOR REPORTS ON THE RC INDOOR
SCALE NATIONALS, HELD AT WOLVERHAMPTON
UNIVERSITY’S SPORTS ON SATURDAY 20TH APRIL.
50 FREE FLIGHT
TEAM TRIALS
RAF BARKSTON HEATH HOSTED THE FF TEAM
TRIALS OVER THE WEEKEND OF 11/12TH MAY,
TO SELECT A GB TEAM FOR THE 2025 FF WORLD
CHAMPS.
54 COTTAGE INDUSTRY
DIRECTORY
THIS MONTH WE INTRODUCE A DIRECTORY OF
SMALL AEROMODELLING COTTAGE INDUSTRY
COMPANIES, MAINY RUN BY AN INDIVIDUAL ON A
PART TIMR BASIS.
58 CIRCLE OF LIFE –
CARRIERED AWAY
GEORGE PICKENS IS BROADENING THE SCOPE OF
HIS CL FLYING WITH AN INTRIGUING CL/RC HYBRID
MODEL TO HAVE A GO AT CL CARRIER DECK FLYING.
60 FF SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL REPORTS ON THE
UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF BUILDING AND FLYING
MODEL AIRCRAFT IN MYANMAR, AND ALSO
REPORTS ON THE FREE FLIGHT SCALE FLYING AT
THE MODELAIR MAYFLY EVENT AT OLD WARDEN.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE SEPTEMBER
2024 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END COLIN
THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR EDITOR
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