AeroModeller Magazine

04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
10 ELECTRIC CL COMBAT PT2
TIM HOBBINS PRESENTS PART 2 OF HIS 3 PART
SERIES ON INTRODUCING A NEW ELECTRIC
CONTROL LINE COMBAT CLASS.
14 THE BOWDEN MIDGET
ALLAN PATRICK’S ACCOUNT OF BUILDING AND
FLYING THE LEGENDARY BOWDON MIDGET,
DESIGNED BY COLONEL C.E. BOWDEN, AND
CONVERTED FROM FREE FLIGHT TO RADIO
CONTROL. THE FREE PLAN IN NEXT MONTH’S
AEROMODELLER WILL BE LEIGH RICHARDSON’S
FREE FLIGHT VERSION OF THE BOWDEN MIDGET.
18 COMPOSITE PROPELLER MANUFACTURE FOR
PERFORMANCE MODELS
BARRIE LEVER DESCRIBES THE TRIED AND
TESTED TECHNIQUES THAT HE HAS USED TO
MANUFACTURE COMPOSITE PROPELLERS OVER
THE LAST 40 YEARS.
23 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
24 FREE PLAN PHOTO FEATURE - WIRELESS COUNTESS
FF INDOOR RUBBER MODEL BY THE LURKER
PROMINENT INDOOR FLYER ‘THE LURKER’
PRESENTS HIS 1/6TH SCALE VERSION OF THE
FAMOUS VINTAGE POWER DESIGN ‘THE RADIO
QUEEN’, DESIGNED FOR RUBBER POWER, AND
ALSO A CONVERSION TO SUPERCAP POWER.
32 AN AEROMODELLING JOURNEY PT2
IN THE FINAL PART OF A 2 PART SERIES, COLIN
BELL RECALLS HIS HISTORY IN AEROMODELLING.
THIS MONTH COLIN COVERS THE DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT OF HIS LATEST OWN DESIGN CL
STUNT MODEL.
38 KIT REVIEW - KAVAN VINX FF DLG GLIDER
MARTIN PIKE FLEXES HIS ARM MUSCLES TO
REVIEW THE CZECH KAVAN VINX FF DISCUS
LAUNCH GLIDER KIT.
40 USING VOILE TO COVER MODEL AIRCRAFT
TREVOR WATERS’ LAST EVER ARTICLE FOR
AEROMODELLER. TREVOR PRESENTS A COVERING
TECHNIQUE THAT USES VOILE CURTAIN MATERIAL
TO PRODUCE A DURABLE FINISH THAT IS
STRONGER THAN PLASTIC FILM COVERING.
42 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM
THE FIRST SCALE EVENT OF 2026 AT THE
MANCHESTER VELODROME, AND INCLUDES
DETAILS OF HOW TO ENTER THE FF INDOOR
SCALE NATS, PLUS TRIMMING RUBBER SCALE
MODELS TO FLY SLOWLY, AND STARTS THE BUILD
OF A SHORT S.42 MONOPLANE.
50 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.