AeroModeller Magazine Jan 25 Back Issue

8 POWER TRIP MILLS 0.75CC
75TH ANNIVERSARY
THE ICONIC MILLS 0.75CC DIESEL CELEBRATED ITS
75TH ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER 2024. MARIS
DISLERS REVIEWS THIS HISTORIC MOTOR, POINTS
OUT THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR WITH THESE MOTORS,
AND OFFERS SOME CLEVER TIPS TO OPTIMISE THEIR
RUNNING.
12 2024 INDOOR
PERFORMANCE NATIONALS
REPORT
MEREDITH EVANS REPORTS FROM DAVENTRY ON THE
2024 INDOOR PERFORMANCE NATIONALS, WHICH
SAW AN INCREASE IN ENTRIES FROM 2023, WITH
A NEW BRITISH RECORD SET IN THE F1N GLIDER
CATEGORY.
18 SUN FLY IV
JOHN PERIC DESCRIBES THE BUILDING AND FLYING
OF HIS SUN FLY IV, PLUS THE BACKGROUND TO
CHOOSING THIS MODEL AND ENLARGING IT TO 140%.
JOHN ALSO DISCLOSES HOW HE CAME TO HAVE SUCH
A FANTASTIC PRIVATE FLYING FIELD, AND EXPLAINS
HIS LOVE OF MODEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINES.
26 2024 FREE FLIGHT
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
REPORT PART 2
IN PART 1 OF THE REPORT, IN LAST MONTH’S
AEROMODELLER, GB TEAM MANAGER MIKE
WOODHOUSE COVERED THE BUILD UP TO THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THE F1A GLIDER DAY. IN PART
2 MIKE REPORTS ON THE F1B AND F1C DAYS, THE
CLOSING CEREMONY AND BANQUET, AND CASTS AN
EYE TO FUTURE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
32 FREE PLAN – MYERS M1
SPECIAL
THIS MONTH’S FREE PLAN IS A FESTIVE PEANUT
SCALE DESIGN BY RICHARD CROSSLEY. IT IS THE
IDEAL MODEL TO BUILD OVER THE HOLIDAY PERIOD,
AND TO FLY IN THE WINTER INDOOR MEETINGS.
40 MICROACES SCRAPPEE
CONVERSION
RICHARD PRESTON DESCRIBES THE CONVERSION
OF HIS MICROACES SCRAPPEE FROM ELECTRIC
POWERED RADIO CONTROL TO RUBBER POWERED
FREE FLIGHT.
42 CHRISTMAS COVER TO
COVER BOOKS REVIEW
CHRIS OTTEWELL REVIEWS SOME CRACKING
READS AMONGST THE LATEST FULL-SIZE AVIATION
PUBLICATIONS.
48 2024 CL F2B
(AEROBATICS) WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
KEVIN MORGAN REPORTS FROM MUNCIE INDIANA
USA, ON THE 2024 CL AEROBATICS WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS, WITH 18 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED.
KEVIN ALSO FLEW IN THE AMA F2B NATIONALS,
FULFILLING A LONG HELD DREAM.
52 SCALE MATTERS
PETE FARDELL REPORTS ON THE ‘FLYING ONLY’ EVENT