AeroModeller Magazine

08 2026 WORLD SCALE CHAMPIONSHIPS
REFLECTIONS
ANDREW BODDINGTON GIVE HIS PERSONAL
REFLECTIONS ON THE CL AND RC WORLD SCALE
CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BUCKMINSTER, ALONG WITH
PHOTO COVERAGE FROM THE CONTROL LINE
CIRCLE.
18 CL OPEN SPEED NATIONALS
DICK HART REPORTS FROM BARTON MFC ON THE
OPEN SPEED NATIONALS, WHICH SAW THREE
DAYS OF TOP QUALITY COMPETITION, WITH AN
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR.
22 FREE PLAN – KOOLHOVEN FK43
THIS MONTH’S FREE PLAN IS HENK DE JONG’S
22” WINGSPAN RUBBER POWERED KOOLHOVEN
FK43, DESIGNED FOR THE INDOOR FREE FLIGHT
CLASS F4D.
32 2026 TRANS-TASMAN SCALE RALLY AUSTRALIA
THREE DAYS OF FINELY CRAFTED SCALE MODELS,
CHALLENGING WEATHER AND MEMORABLE
FLYING AT RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES.
36 THE MEN WHO CHASED PERFECT FLIGHT
JOHN PERIC LOOKS AT THE JAPANESE PILOT
KITS FROM THE 1990S, AND THEIR LEGENDARY
DESIGNER YASUO MATSUMOTO. JOHN
ALSO LOOKS AT THE DIFFERENCES IN DESIGN
PHILOSOPHY BETWEEN PILOT KITS AND
MARUTAKA KITS, ALSO FROM JAPAN.
42 PHOTO FEATURE – IMPINGTON VILLAGE MAC
80TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
STUART MARSDEN REPORTS ON THE IMPINGTON
VILLAGE MAC 80TH ANNIVERSARY, TO
COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING OF THE CLUB BY
RAY MALMSTROM.
44 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL REPORTS ON A VERY
SUCCESSFUL SCALE MEETING AT LODGE FARM,
AND PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF
HIS CURTISS THRUSH.