04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP – REDFIN TWIN SHAFT –
MARIS DISLERS/JOHN GOODALL
JOHN GOODALL PROVIDES A MARIS DISLERS
ENGINE TEST AND REVIEW OF THE REDFIN
TWINSHAFT TETHER CAR ENGINE, AND ADDS HIS
OWN COMMENTS.
14 PHOTO REPORT – MAY WELSH WEEKEND
MARTIN PIKE’S PHOTO REPORT ON THE
INAUGURAL MAY WELSH FF SCALE WEEKEND,
HELD IN NORTH WALES IN MID MAY.
18 CL OPEN SPEED NATS PREVIEW
DICK HART’S PREVIEW OF THE BMFA OPEN SPEED
NATS, DUE TO BE HELD AT BARTON AIRFIELD IN
EARLY SEPTEMBER.
20 PHOTO REPORT – SAM 35 RETROFEST
YOUR EDITOR ATTENDED THE MID SUMMER
SAM 35 RETROFEST SWAPMEET AT BMFA
BUCKMINSTER, WHERE THERE WERE MANY
BARGAINS TO BE HAD.
22 PHOTO REPORT – OXFORD MFC SPRING
DURATION GALA
OXFORD MFC HELD THEIR TRADITIONAL FF
SPRING GALA ON THE IDYLLIC PORT MEADOW
SITE. YOUR EDITOR WAS THERE TO REPORT ON
THE PROCEEDINGS.
24 AEROMODELLER 90TH ANNIVERSARY
FOR MANY YEARS RON MOULTON WAS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF AEROMODELLER MAGAZINE,
AS BOTH AN EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, AND
SUBSEQUENTLY AS EDITOR, AND LEFT AN
EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY. HERE WE TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF HIS CL DESIGNS.
28 FREE PLAN: DAVE COWBURN’S VERSATILE
‘MISS T’ CL STUNT TRAINER
HIGHLY EXPERIENCED CONTROL LINE SPECIALIST
DAVE COWBURN PRESENTS HIS ‘MISS T’, A
MODEL THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE EASY
TO BUILD AND FLY. MISS T IS A VERY VERSATILE
DESIGN; IT CAN BE FLOWN AS A STUNT TRAINER
OR AS A SPORT MODEL, AND CAN ALSO BE
FLOWN IN STUNT RACING EVENTS.
42 THE OBSESSIVE BUILDER’S DIARY – 2
THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF JOHN PERIC’S
SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE OBSESSIVE BUILDER.
THIS TIME JOHN REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT
THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS HAD ON TRADITIONAL
HOBBIES SUCH AS AEROMODELLING, REPORTS
ON THE SOARING COST OF BALSA, AND FINALLY
FINISHES A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.
48 MINIMUM EFFORT INDOOR RC
JOHN STENNARD DESCRIBES SOME RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS WITH ‘MINIMUM RC’ EQUIPPED
MODELS, INCLUDING FROM SUCH LUMINARIES AS
RICHARD PRESTON AND PETER SMART.
54 FF TEAM TRIALS SELECTION FOR 2026
FF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
OUR ACE REPORTER CHRIS EDGE PROVIDES
THE INSIDE INFORMATION ON THE FF TRIALS TO
SELECT A TEAM FOR MACEDONIA IN 2026.
60 SCALE MATTERS –
A WELCOME IN THE HILLSIDES
PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM THE INAUGURAL
‘MAY WELSH’ EVENT, HELD IN NORTH WALES
OVER THE WEEKEND OF MAY 10TH-12TH, AND
ALSO DESCRIBES NEW FF SCALE MODELS FROM
HIMSELF, MIKE SMITH AND IVAN TAYLOR.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE
SEPTEMBER 2025 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
