04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 BARTON MFC CONTROL LINE RALLY
YOUR EDITOR REPORTS ON THE 2024 BARTON
CONTROL LINE RALLY, HELD OVER THE AUGUST
BANK HOLIDAY. MALCOLM ROSS REPORTS ON
THE VINTAGE TEAM RACE EVENTS.
14 IN SCALE CIRCLES
IN THE LAST OF RONNIE TRIBE’S LONG RUNNING
SERIES OF ARTICLES ON CONTROL LINE SCALE,
RONNIE PRESENTS AN UPDATE ON HIS H.P.
VICTOR, AND ROUNDS UP THE LATEST CL SCALE
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
18 CONTROL LINE CARRIER DECK EDF MODELS
ZOE QUILTER INTRODUCES US TO HER EFFORTS
TO PRODUCE EDF POWERED CONTROL LINE
CARRIER DECK MODELS, WHICH PROVED TO
BE A CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGE. FOR ANYONE
INTERESTED IN HAVING A GO BUILDING AND
FLYING THESE MODELS, ZOE HAS WRITTEN THE
DEFINITIVE GUIDE.
30 FREE PLAN – AEROMODELLER 90TH YEAR
ANNIVERSARY – MINI CAPRICE
THIS MONTH’S CELEBRATION OF 90 YEARS OF
AEROMODELLER FEATURES ANDY SEPHTON’S
FREE FLIGHT MINI CAPRICE FROM OCTOBER
2016, DESIGNED FOR HI-START BUNGEE LAUNCH.
38 JOHN PERIC’S RCM TRAINER JUNIOR
JOHN PERIC REFLECTS ON CURRENT TRENDS,
AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT THAT FORM THE
BACKGROUND TO BUILDING HIS RCM TRAINER JR
AS A FLYING TESTBED FOR SOME OF HIS UNUSED
ENGINES, WHILST RELAXING IN THE SUN ON THE
ADRIATIC COAST.
44 ROUND AND BACK AND ROUND AGAIN – PART 2
THE SECOND AND FINAL PART OF IAN SMITH’s
BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
COVERING 75 YEARS OF CONTROL LINE FLYING.
HERE IAN COVERS THE PERIOD 1994 TO HIS
FINAL FLIGHT IN 2020.
50 TETHERED CARS RC FUEL CUT OFF
THE JUNE 2023 AEROMODELLER HAD AN ARTICLE
BY JOHN GOODALL CALLED ‘TETHER AIRCARS AND
DEVELOPMENTS’. NOW IN AN UPDATE TO THAT
ARTICLE JOHN DESCRIBES THE ADDITION OF A RC
FUEL CUT OFF TO HIS ARIES 2 AIRCAR.
52 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL REPORTS ON
NORWIND’S RESCHEDULED SCALE EVENT AT
THE MANCHESTER VELODROME, WITH THE
SPECTACLE OF BEING ABLE TO FLY INDOOR
MODELS ON THE INFIELD WHILST OLYMPIC
STANDARD TEAM GB CYCLISTS TRAIN ON THE
CYCLE TRACK. TO SET THE SCENE PETE HAS
COME UP WITH A NEW VERSE FOR THE FAMOUS
‘WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND’ SONG.
58 JET MODELS BY TREVOR WATERS, PART 1
IN PART ONE OF A TWO PART SERIES, TREVOR
WATERS DESCRIBES HIS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
WITH VARIOUS JET MODELS IN THE LAST 70 YEARS.
62 COTTAGE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE MAY
2025 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
