04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
10 AEROMODELLER 90TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY
THIS MONTH’S CELEBRATION OF 90 YEARS OF
AEROMODELLER FEATURES ALEX IMRIE’S ARTICLE
FROM MARCH 1988 ON THE PAPER PLANES OF
WALLACE RIGBY IN THE 1930s
16 POWER TRIP MP JET LETMO 2.5CC DIESEL
MARIS DISLERS REVIEWS AND TESTS THE MP
JET REPLICA OF THE LETMO 2.5CC DIESEL, AND
EXPLAINS WHY EARLY DIESELS OFTEN BENEFIT
FROM TURNING RELATIVELY LARGE PROPS.
20 DELUXE MATERIALS EZE TISSUE WITH
CELLULOSE DOPE
JOHN BRISTOW FROM DELUXE MATERIALS AND
ANDY SEPHTON DESCRIBE A NOVEL METHOD FOR
USING THAT LAST TIN OF CELLULOSE DOPE WITH
DM EZE TISSUE.
22 THE OBSESSIVE BUILDER’S DIARY, PART 1
JOHN PERIC HAS BEEN BUILDING ALL SIZES
OF MODEL AIRCRAFT FOR MORE YEARS THAN
HE MIGHT BE INCLINED TO ADMIT. HERE, IN
PART ONE OF AN OCCASIONAL SERIES, JOHN
DESCRIBES WHAT IS CURRENTLY ON HIS
BUILDING BOARD, AND WHAT ELSE IS LURKING IN
HIS SHED.
28 RC FACTORY STEP ONE BABY
JOHN STENNARD REVIEWS HIS NEW RC FACTORY
STEP ONE BABY KIT, WHICH IS A SCALED DOWN
VERSION OF THEIR STEP ONE. JOHN EVEN
MANAGED TO FLY HIS NEW BABY OUTDOORS
BEFORE VENTURING INDOORS WITH IT.
32 FREE PLAN – FARMAN F400 BY HENK DE JONG
HENK DE JONG PRESENTS HIS DELIGHTFUL
FARMAN F400 FOR PEANUT SCALE. HENK HAS
UPDATED THE ORIGINAL EMMANUEL FILLON PLAN
FOR THE F400 THAT WAS IN THE OCTOBER 1985
AEROMODELLER.
38 BEGINNER’S SERIES – PART 17
SLEC/BELAIR MERCURY MATADOR
STUART MARSDEN CONTINUES HIS BEGINNER’S
SERIES WITH FURTHER PROGRESS ON THE BUILD
OF HIS SLEC/BELAIR MERCURY MATADOR FOR
ELECTRIC POWER.
42 ROUND AND BACK AND ROUND AGAIN – PART 1
IAN SMITH HAS HAD A LIFETIME FILLED WITH
CONTROL LINE FLYING. IN PART ONE OF A
FASCINATING AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, IAN COVERS THE PERIOD FROM
WHEN HE WAS BORN IN 1935 IN THE NORTH
OF ENGLAND UP TO 1994, LIVING IN SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA AND FLYING CONTROL LINE STUNT.
50 FREE FLIGHT WINTER RALLY –
THE FREE FLIGHT ‘BRAVE NEW WORLD’!
PHIL BALL REPORTS FROM A FROZEN RAF NORTH
LUFFENHAM ON THE WINTER RALLY, HELD TO
TRY OUT THE NEW COMBINED CLASSES CONTEST
FORMAT FOR FF CONTESTS IN 2025
52 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL DESCRIBES IVAN
TAYLOR’S NEW MARTIN-BAKER MB5, AND A
PERCIVAL P56 PROVOST FROM DAVID BOOTE.
PETE ALSO PROVIDES A PROGRESS REPORT ON
HIS CATRON & FISK SPORTS TRIPLANE, AND THERE
IS NEWS OF A FASCINATING NEW SCALE KIT FROM
VMC. FINALLY MIKE SMITH PROVIDES AN UPDATE
ON THE REFURBISHMENT OF HIS SOPWITH SNIPE.
58 DRAG FROM PROPELLERS
TREVOR WATERS GUIDES US THROUGH THE
AERODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS OF PROPELLER
INDUCED DRAG, AND LOOKS AT VARIOUS
METHODS FOR MINIMISING THIS DRAG.
62 COTTAGE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE APRIL
2025 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL
