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AeroModeller Magazine Aug 20 Back Issue

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235 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Radio Control Modelling)
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04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP AND COMING
USUALLY A CALENDAR OF EVENTS…
10 SAPPHIRE REVIEW
MICHAEL KITCHEN BUILDS THIS LARGER THAN
USUAL TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE RC GLIDER
FROM RC-EUROPE.
14 POWER TRIP – ML
MIDGE
MARIS DISLERS TESTS HIS FINESSED HOME-BUILT
DIESEL DESIGNED BY MARK LUBBOCK.
18 3D PRINTING
PART 3: BRIAN SPENCER UPDATES US ON HIS
WORK TO PRODUCE A LIGHTWEIGHT EDF SABRE.
24 BANGLADESH TRIP
CHRIS OTTEWELL TALKS TO MARTIN THOMPSON
ABOUT ENCOURAGING MODEL FLYING IN
BANGLADESH.
26 DICK TWOMEY’S
90TH!
DICK TWOMEY LOOKS BACK AT HIS
AEROMODELLING LIFE.
28 FREE PLAN 1 –
FIRECREST SPECIAL
DEREK KNIGHT UPDATES DICK’S 1949 ICI TROPHY
WINNER FOR EDF.
39 FREE PLAN 2 –
SNOEKLET
DICK’S SMALL FF VERSION OF THE SNOEK GLIDER
IS CONVERTED TO RC BY MARK DEANS.
42 TOWLINE GLIDERS
PART 2: CHRIS EDGE COVERS LAUNCHING AND
WEATHER DEPENDENT TOWING.
46 MAGNESIUM
ENGINES
ADRIAN DUNCAN DESCRIBES THE BEST WAY
TO STORE VINTAGE ENGINES WITH MAGNESIUM
ALLOY COMPONENTS.
52 WALT MOONEY
‘COOK-UP’
PETE FARDELL SHARES THE RESULTS OF
THE HPA MASS BUILD.
56 CLASSIC A1
AN UPDATE FROM STUART DARMON ON THE
BURGEONING SMALL CLASSIC GLIDER CLASS.
60 PENDULUM AILERON
PART 2: STEPHEN THORPE GIVES THE DETAILS OF
HIS PENDULUM CONTROL AILERONS
SYSTEM FOR FF.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
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Aug 20 04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS. 09 UP AND COMING USUALLY A CALENDAR OF EVENTS… 10 SAPPHIRE REVIEW MICHAEL KITCHEN BUILDS THIS LARGER THAN USUAL TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE RC GLIDER FROM RC-EUROPE. 14 POWER TRIP – ML MIDGE MARIS DISLERS TESTS HIS FINESSED HOME-BUILT DIESEL DESIGNED BY MARK LUBBOCK. 18 3D PRINTING PART 3: BRIAN SPENCER UPDATES US ON HIS WORK TO PRODUCE A LIGHTWEIGHT EDF SABRE. 24 BANGLADESH TRIP CHRIS OTTEWELL TALKS TO MARTIN THOMPSON ABOUT ENCOURAGING MODEL FLYING IN BANGLADESH. 26 DICK TWOMEY’S 90TH! DICK TWOMEY LOOKS BACK AT HIS AEROMODELLING LIFE. 28 FREE PLAN 1 – FIRECREST SPECIAL DEREK KNIGHT UPDATES DICK’S 1949 ICI TROPHY WINNER FOR EDF. 39 FREE PLAN 2 – SNOEKLET DICK’S SMALL FF VERSION OF THE SNOEK GLIDER IS CONVERTED TO RC BY MARK DEANS. 42 TOWLINE GLIDERS PART 2: CHRIS EDGE COVERS LAUNCHING AND WEATHER DEPENDENT TOWING. 46 MAGNESIUM ENGINES ADRIAN DUNCAN DESCRIBES THE BEST WAY TO STORE VINTAGE ENGINES WITH MAGNESIUM ALLOY COMPONENTS. 52 WALT MOONEY ‘COOK-UP’ PETE FARDELL SHARES THE RESULTS OF THE HPA MASS BUILD. 56 CLASSIC A1 AN UPDATE FROM STUART DARMON ON THE BURGEONING SMALL CLASSIC GLIDER CLASS. 60 PENDULUM AILERON PART 2: STEPHEN THORPE GIVES THE DETAILS OF HIS PENDULUM CONTROL AILERONS SYSTEM FOR FF. 66 TAIL END CHARLIE THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.


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04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP AND COMING
USUALLY A CALENDAR OF EVENTS…
10 SAPPHIRE REVIEW
MICHAEL KITCHEN BUILDS THIS LARGER THAN
USUAL TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE RC GLIDER
FROM RC-EUROPE.
14 POWER TRIP – ML
MIDGE
MARIS DISLERS TESTS HIS FINESSED HOME-BUILT
DIESEL DESIGNED BY MARK LUBBOCK.
18 3D PRINTING
PART 3: BRIAN SPENCER UPDATES US ON HIS
WORK TO PRODUCE A LIGHTWEIGHT EDF SABRE.
24 BANGLADESH TRIP
CHRIS OTTEWELL TALKS TO MARTIN THOMPSON
ABOUT ENCOURAGING MODEL FLYING IN
BANGLADESH.
26 DICK TWOMEY’S
90TH!
DICK TWOMEY LOOKS BACK AT HIS
AEROMODELLING LIFE.
28 FREE PLAN 1 –
FIRECREST SPECIAL
DEREK KNIGHT UPDATES DICK’S 1949 ICI TROPHY
WINNER FOR EDF.
39 FREE PLAN 2 –
SNOEKLET
DICK’S SMALL FF VERSION OF THE SNOEK GLIDER
IS CONVERTED TO RC BY MARK DEANS.
42 TOWLINE GLIDERS
PART 2: CHRIS EDGE COVERS LAUNCHING AND
WEATHER DEPENDENT TOWING.
46 MAGNESIUM
ENGINES
ADRIAN DUNCAN DESCRIBES THE BEST WAY
TO STORE VINTAGE ENGINES WITH MAGNESIUM
ALLOY COMPONENTS.
52 WALT MOONEY
‘COOK-UP’
PETE FARDELL SHARES THE RESULTS OF
THE HPA MASS BUILD.
56 CLASSIC A1
AN UPDATE FROM STUART DARMON ON THE
BURGEONING SMALL CLASSIC GLIDER CLASS.
60 PENDULUM AILERON
PART 2: STEPHEN THORPE GIVES THE DETAILS OF
HIS PENDULUM CONTROL AILERONS
SYSTEM FOR FF.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
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