04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
10 POWER TRIP – MP JET .040 RC – MARIS DISLERS
LIKE A ROCK STAR ON A COMEBACK TOUR WITH
NEW SONGS, THROTTLE CONTROL GIVES THIS
OLD FAVOURITE A NEW DIMENSION.
14 AEROMODELLER 90TH ANNIVERSARY
TO COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY THIS
MONTH, HERE ARE THE FRONT COVERS FROM
THE FIRST ISSUE IN NOVEMBER 1935, THE 30TH
ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER 1965, AND THE
60TH ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER 1995.
18 PHOTO FEATURE – BMFA RC SCALE INDOOR NATS
YOUR EDITOR WAS AT THE BREATHTAKING RC
SCALE INDOOR NATIONALS IN WALSALL IN APRIL
TO CAPTURE THE ACTION.
22 BMFA FF SCALE INDOOR NATS
PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM THE FF SCALE
INDOOR NATIONALS, HELD IN WALSALL ON APRIL
27TH. THE STANDARD OF FF SCALE CLIMBS EVER
HIGHER YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND THIS WEEKEND
WAS A MARVELLOUS SHOWCASE FOR INDOOR
FF SCALE.
32 BEGINNER’S SERIES – PT20 – CATAPULT CHUCK
GLIDERS – STUART MARSDEN
STUART MARSDEN HAS BEEN WRITING THE
BEGINNER’S SERIES SINCE APRIL 2023. HERE, IN
THE FINAL PART OF THE SERIES, STUART BRINGS
IT FULL CIRCLE BY INTRODUCING A KIT OF TWO
SIMPLE CATAPULT GLIDERS.
35 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
36 AVRO 504N/O – GEORGE KANDYLAKIS – SOME
UNUSUAL FEATURES OF GEORGE’S AVRO 504N
FF AND RC SCALE MAESTRO GEORGE
KANDYLAKIS PRESENTS THE INSIDE STORY ON
THE BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED FEATURES OF HIS
AVRO 504N/O, WHICH WAS RECENTLY FLOWN
BY GEORGE IN THE BMFA FF INDOOR SCALE
NATIONALS AT WALSALL.
44 GOLDEN JUBILEE RESTORATION – PART 2 –
CHARLIE JEFFRIES
HOW THE REMAINS OF CHARLIE JEFFRIES’
OLDEST (BUT WRECKED!) MODELS WERE
BROUGHT BACK TO GLORIOUS FLYING CONDITION,
AFTER LYING DORMANT FOR HALF A CENTURY.
PART 2 FEATURES CHARLIE’S KEIL KRAFT TALON.
50 GETTING THERE – PART 2 1981-PRESENT
MARTIN DILLY
IN OVER 60 YEARS OF COMPETING
INTERNATIONALLY AND MANAGING NEW
ZEALAND AND BRITISH FF TEAMS, THE INCIDENTS
ALONG THE WAY HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN MORE
MEMORABLE THAN THE CONTESTS THEMSELVES.
PART 1 LAST MONTH COVERED THE PERIOD
FROM 1961 – 1981, HERE MARTIN COVERS THE
LAST 40+ YEARS.
58 CONTROL SURFACE ACTUATORS – TREVOR WATERS
TREVOR DESCRIBES THE EARLY METHODS
OF CONTROL SURFACE ACTUATION WITH
ESCAPEMENTS, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY
WITH ACTUATORS, INCLUDING HIS OWN DESIGN,
AND ACTUATORS DESIGNED BY OTHER PEOPLE.
TREVOR ALSO COVERS EARLY SERVO DESIGNS,
PRIOR TO DIGITAL SERVOS BECOMING AVAILABLE,
AND DESCRIBES THE VARIOUS USES FOR
DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIGITAL SERVO.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE AUGUST
2025 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
