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AeroModeller Magazine 050 January 2018 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.
07 UP AND COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE
NEXT MONTHS.
08 OFF THE SHELF
A LOOK AT NEW AND
INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS.
10 REVIEW – SLINGSBY CADET
SCALE MODEL GLIDER KIT FROM
RETRO RC IS REVIEWED
BY IAN LEVER.
14 3D PRINTING ACCESSORIES
CAN A MODERN PIECE OF
TECHNOLOGY BE OF USE TO
TRADITIONAL AEROMODELLERS?
MIKE EDGERTON EXPERIMENTS.
20 WORKING FOR KEIL KRAFT
DAVID RAWLINS REMEMBER HIS
TIME SPENT AT KEIL KRAFT IN
THE 1970’S.
24 SCALE MATTERS
THE POPULAR INDOOR FF SCALE
EVENT IN NIJMEGEN IS COVERED
BY BILL DENNIS.
28 POWER TRIP – AE 0.5
MARIS DISLERS GETS THE BEST
FROM THIS SMALL DIESEL.
30 FREE PLAN – MINI-HALO
MIKE WATTERS SHRINKS THE
CLASSIC DAVE PLATT KK HALO
DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC OR CO2
POWER, FF OR MICRORC.
1960 REVISITED
38 CL SPEED WORLD CHAMPS
ADRIAN DUNCAN EXAMINES THE
CONTROVERSIAL RESULTS OF THE
1960 CL SPEED CONTEST.
42 FF CRANFIELD WORLD
CHAMPS
A TREASURE TROVE OF UNSEEN
COLOUR PHOTOS BY MIKE EVATT
FROM THE 1960 FF POWER WC ARE
DESCRIBED BY DAVE HIPPERSON.
46 FROM THE ARMCHAIR
STUART ‘SUPERCOOL’ SHERLOCK
WONDERS WHAT HOLDS US UP?
48 BUILDING FOR PRECISION
AS SMALL FIELD PRECISION
CONTESTS GAIN POPULARITY, WHAT
IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR
SUCCESS? JOHN ASHMOLE GIVES
HIS THOUGHTS.
50 KNIGHT ERRANT
DAVE CHINERY REVISITS HIS FIRST
PUBLISHED CL DESIGN.
54 BETTER… RETRIEVAL
MORE FROM DAVE HIPPERSON ON
RETRIEVING MODELS.
58 IMPINGTON INDOORS
ANDREW BODDINGTON REPORTS
FROM THE LARGE INDOOR FF, RTP
AND RC EVENT JUST OUTSIDE
OF CAMBRIDGE.
61 AEROPOST
YOUR LETTERS AND EMAILS.
62 GILDINGS AUCTION
NIGEL MONK ON WHAT WENT UNDER
THE HAMMER AT THE MAIN ANNUAL
ENGINE AUCTION.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
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050 January 2018 04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS. 07 UP AND COMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE NEXT MONTHS. 08 OFF THE SHELF A LOOK AT NEW AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS. 10 REVIEW – SLINGSBY CADET SCALE MODEL GLIDER KIT FROM RETRO RC IS REVIEWED BY IAN LEVER. 14 3D PRINTING ACCESSORIES CAN A MODERN PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY BE OF USE TO TRADITIONAL AEROMODELLERS? MIKE EDGERTON EXPERIMENTS. 20 WORKING FOR KEIL KRAFT DAVID RAWLINS REMEMBER HIS TIME SPENT AT KEIL KRAFT IN THE 1970’S. 24 SCALE MATTERS THE POPULAR INDOOR FF SCALE EVENT IN NIJMEGEN IS COVERED BY BILL DENNIS. 28 POWER TRIP – AE 0.5 MARIS DISLERS GETS THE BEST FROM THIS SMALL DIESEL. 30 FREE PLAN – MINI-HALO MIKE WATTERS SHRINKS THE CLASSIC DAVE PLATT KK HALO DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC OR CO2 POWER, FF OR MICRORC. 1960 REVISITED 38 CL SPEED WORLD CHAMPS ADRIAN DUNCAN EXAMINES THE CONTROVERSIAL RESULTS OF THE 1960 CL SPEED CONTEST. 42 FF CRANFIELD WORLD CHAMPS A TREASURE TROVE OF UNSEEN COLOUR PHOTOS BY MIKE EVATT FROM THE 1960 FF POWER WC ARE DESCRIBED BY DAVE HIPPERSON. 46 FROM THE ARMCHAIR STUART ‘SUPERCOOL’ SHERLOCK WONDERS WHAT HOLDS US UP? 48 BUILDING FOR PRECISION AS SMALL FIELD PRECISION CONTESTS GAIN POPULARITY, WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR SUCCESS? JOHN ASHMOLE GIVES HIS THOUGHTS. 50 KNIGHT ERRANT DAVE CHINERY REVISITS HIS FIRST PUBLISHED CL DESIGN. 54 BETTER… RETRIEVAL MORE FROM DAVE HIPPERSON ON RETRIEVING MODELS. 58 IMPINGTON INDOORS ANDREW BODDINGTON REPORTS FROM THE LARGE INDOOR FF, RTP AND RC EVENT JUST OUTSIDE OF CAMBRIDGE. 61 AEROPOST YOUR LETTERS AND EMAILS. 62 GILDINGS AUCTION NIGEL MONK ON WHAT WENT UNDER THE HAMMER AT THE MAIN ANNUAL ENGINE AUCTION. 66 TAIL END CHARLIE THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.


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04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR
DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
07 UP AND COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE
NEXT MONTHS.
08 OFF THE SHELF
A LOOK AT NEW AND
INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS.
10 REVIEW – SLINGSBY CADET
SCALE MODEL GLIDER KIT FROM
RETRO RC IS REVIEWED
BY IAN LEVER.
14 3D PRINTING ACCESSORIES
CAN A MODERN PIECE OF
TECHNOLOGY BE OF USE TO
TRADITIONAL AEROMODELLERS?
MIKE EDGERTON EXPERIMENTS.
20 WORKING FOR KEIL KRAFT
DAVID RAWLINS REMEMBER HIS
TIME SPENT AT KEIL KRAFT IN
THE 1970’S.
24 SCALE MATTERS
THE POPULAR INDOOR FF SCALE
EVENT IN NIJMEGEN IS COVERED
BY BILL DENNIS.
28 POWER TRIP – AE 0.5
MARIS DISLERS GETS THE BEST
FROM THIS SMALL DIESEL.
30 FREE PLAN – MINI-HALO
MIKE WATTERS SHRINKS THE
CLASSIC DAVE PLATT KK HALO
DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC OR CO2
POWER, FF OR MICRORC.
1960 REVISITED
38 CL SPEED WORLD CHAMPS
ADRIAN DUNCAN EXAMINES THE
CONTROVERSIAL RESULTS OF THE
1960 CL SPEED CONTEST.
42 FF CRANFIELD WORLD
CHAMPS
A TREASURE TROVE OF UNSEEN
COLOUR PHOTOS BY MIKE EVATT
FROM THE 1960 FF POWER WC ARE
DESCRIBED BY DAVE HIPPERSON.
46 FROM THE ARMCHAIR
STUART ‘SUPERCOOL’ SHERLOCK
WONDERS WHAT HOLDS US UP?
48 BUILDING FOR PRECISION
AS SMALL FIELD PRECISION
CONTESTS GAIN POPULARITY, WHAT
IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR
SUCCESS? JOHN ASHMOLE GIVES
HIS THOUGHTS.
50 KNIGHT ERRANT
DAVE CHINERY REVISITS HIS FIRST
PUBLISHED CL DESIGN.
54 BETTER… RETRIEVAL
MORE FROM DAVE HIPPERSON ON
RETRIEVING MODELS.
58 IMPINGTON INDOORS
ANDREW BODDINGTON REPORTS
FROM THE LARGE INDOOR FF, RTP
AND RC EVENT JUST OUTSIDE
OF CAMBRIDGE.
61 AEROPOST
YOUR LETTERS AND EMAILS.
62 GILDINGS AUCTION
NIGEL MONK ON WHAT WENT UNDER
THE HAMMER AT THE MAIN ANNUAL
ENGINE AUCTION.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
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