04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
10 OS MAX 15 – LA15-S REVIEW
MARIS DISLERS REVIEWS THE OS MAX LA15-S,
AND ENGINE THAT HAPPILY IS STILL AVAILABLE
WHEN A NUMBER OF LARGER TWO STROKE O.S.
ENGINES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED
14 PHOTO FEATURE –
OXFORD MFC SCRAPBOX CHALLENGE
CHRIS BRAINWOOD REPORTS ON THE OXFORD
MFC ‘SCRAPBOX GLIDER CHALLENGE’
18 FF F1D TEAM TRIALS
CHRIS EDGE REPORTS ON THE FF F1D TEAM
TRIALS TO SELECT A TEAM FOR THE 2026 F1D
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN IDAHO USA IN JUNE
22 FREE PLAN – THE CAPTAIN P20 & E20
STUART MARSDEN PRESENTS ‘THE CAPTAIN’,
HIS VERSATILE DESIGN FOR P20, AS A RUBBER
POWERED VERSION, AND ALSO INCLUDES
DETAILS OF THE ELECTRIC P20 VERSION
30 MAKING BALSA WHEELS WITHOUT
POWER TOOLS
ANDY SEPHTON DESCRIBES HIS METHOD FOR
MAKING LIGHTWEIGHT AND ACCURATE BALSA
WHEELS FOR SMALL FREE FLIGHT MODELS
34 WING RIBS – A SAFER WAY TO CUT THEM
RICHARD PRESTON DESCRIBES HIS TECHNIQUE
FOR SAFELY CUTTING WING RIBS FOR SMALL
MODELS. YOUR EDITOR CAN CONFIRM HOW
QUICK AND EFFECTIVE THIS METHOD IS, HAVING
JUST TRIED IT FOR CUTTING A SET OF RIBS FOR
AN INDOOR SCALE GLIDER
36 CAN AEROMODELLING SHAPE YOUR FUTURE
CAREER? YOU BET IT CAN!
BARRIE LEVER LOOKS AT HOW AEROMODELLING
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE CAN ENHANCE YOUR
CAREER PROSPECTS
38 ERK 36 – GALLOPING GHOST EQUIPPED 1960S
DESIGNED ERK 36
MIKE SPENCER DESCRIBES HIS GALLOPING GHOST
EQUIPPED JOHN BOWMER 1960S DESIGNED
ERK 36, CONVERTED FROM THE ORIGINAL 0.8CC
DIESEL POWER TO ELECTRIC POWER
44 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM
THE NW FREE FLIGHT INDOOR SCALE GAALA
AT MANCHESTER VELODROME. PETE ALSO
PRESENTS UPDATES ON AN IC PARNELL ELF, A
CO2 SOPWITH DOVE AND AN ELECTRIC POWERED
BRISTOL SCOUT
50 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL
