• Editorial: News, Views & Comments from around the Electric flight world including getting an accurate weather forecast & the Diamona design from the Netherlands. Brought to you by Mike Nott
• Diary Dates & Contacts: What's on, When & Where. Listings to late November.
• Marketplace: Latest products from GoGliding, The Electric Aeroplane Company, Permagrit. & ProTouch.
• Review: Reno Racer from Ripmax. ARTF semi scale pylon racer for 400/480 motor & 3 channel mini r/x.
• Go Soaring: Continuing the Gliding for beginners series, Dave Hodgson looks at suitable models & radio gear:
• Electric Starter: Stuart Marsden uses the Bequine to help beginners develop traditional building skills.
• Plan Feature: Min-E-Kwatz by John Rutter. Agile sports fun-fly for geared 400/480 motor & 3/4 channel r/x.
• Over Here: Electric topics on field & afloat, Stateside style with Dereck Woodward.
• Technology: Bob Smith visits Intermodellbau 2002 in Dortmund and looks over a host of new electric flight goodies.
• Review: Highlight E400/HLG from West London Models. Hi performance carbon/kevlar hand launch glider can be used with 400 size motors & 2 or 3 channel V-tail mixed r/x.
• Quiet Scale: Covering & finishing details with modern films described by Martin Irvine.
• FREE PLAN: D.H. Mosquito FB. 43" span, twin 400, scale fighter/bomber designed by Phil Burgess.
• Review: Breta NYX from European Sailplanes. 3.2M fully moulded F3B/F3J/F3F all rounder.
• Feature: Brushless electric conversion of the Pegasus Models Mystic. By Paul Cook.
• Report: Intermodellbau 2002 Dortmund. Stephen Mettam provides the words & pictures.
• PSS: Simon Cocker takes to the slopes with a scale theme in mind & a couple of Tucanos.
• The Light Fantastic: Once more into the world of ducted fan jet models with Chris Golds.
• Slopeside: Brian Laird reports from a scale soaring event from the Western United States.
• Model Design: Adrian Lee extracts more weight from the ever evolving High 5 series F3J design.
• Feature: Rocket assisted FAI S4 Boost Gliders are the subject of discussion with Stuart Lodge.
• Scale: Chris Williams dreams of scale matters & continues with part 2 of building from scratch.
• Classifieds: Get a bargain in the readers ads or seek out a local store in the Shoppers Directory.

• Pre-Flight: Heard at the Hangar Doors brings news & announcements from around the modelling & aviation world.
• Report: R/C Scale action from the Florida 2002 Top Gun event. Stunning pictures & full write up.
• Review: Mini Starjet from Graupner. High speed mini delta for 400/480 motors & 3 channel elevon mixed r/x.
• Report: Toledo 2002 USA Spring show. Lots of models on display at this Weak Signals R/C club event.
• Review: Flair Boeing PT-17 Stearman Part I. Andy Ward set about building this 89" span kit.
• H.I.D.T: More readers tips & ideas for getting around some everyday problems all modellers can face.
• Webwalk: Mike Evatt strolls the web for another internet modelling exchange.
• Aero Modeller: Indoor Free Flight Scale Nationals 2002 report & results by Bill Dennis.
• Control Line Stunt: Paul Winter steps back in time to the '60s to build the classic Supermaster.
• Free Flight File: Review of a P30 by Trevor Grey, while Dave Hipperson tells more about rubber.
• Control Line Scale: Beginner tips from Bernard Seale & Down under C/L from Garry Sutherland.
• Control Line Carrier: Tight Lines with Mike Broadbent puts finishing touches on Mays Project.
• Design: Developing an Aerodynamic package - By Reg Boor from a concept by Trevor Grey.
• Free Flight Scale: Scale Matters observed by Bill Dennis & a look at the Free Flight Scale scene.
• Review: Acacia Two from Soarhigh Models. John A. Elliot tests this 2.7M span F3F slope racer.
• R/C Slope Soaring: Pete Beadle takes a View from the Hill & spots the Bumpygreen Mustang.
• Report: Intermodelbau 2002. A 2 day spending spree in the guise of the Dortmund Model Show.
• Vintage: For Old Times' Sake with Don Howie takes a look at more early engines & Chinese Silk.
• FREE PLAN: Katarina designed by Ross Giddy. 44" span flying boat for .25 engine & 4 channel r/x.
• Scale Soaring: Silent Wings with Chris Williams surveys the R/C scale sailplane scene.
• Classifieds: Readers Adverts, Dealer Directory, Back Issues & Plans Service.

• Take Off: Peter Dawson leads in for July with Editorial & news from around the modelling world.
• Shop Window: What's new in the modelling marketplace with new products from Ripmax, DeLuxe Materials & Protech.
• Best In Scale: Philip S. Kent takes a look at a Monocoupe fuselage & visit the LMA Haigh Hall seminar.
• Review: Stuart Marsden gets his hands on the World Models Zen 50 & Enya 50CX for some aerobatic musings.
• The Sport Channel: Gray offers wise words on vintage kits & gets the low down on Keil Kraft Komebacks.
• Pole To Pole: Alan Brown completes the Bummers Bullit 40 & reports from the first race meet at Cottesmore.
• Aerodynamic Forum: Selecting a section & choosing a camber & curves are the discussion with Alasdair Sutherland.
• How To: 3-D Flying Part 2 with Dave Thomas, this time dealing with controls & the engine.
• Charged Flying: Stephen Mettam takes a trip to Dortmund for the Intermodellbau 2002 show.
• Powerhouse: Steve Dorling puts out the power with the newest & smallest Zenoah yet ~ The ZG23.
• Review: Hitec Sky Ranger III. A new 3 channel transmitter for minimum frills flying.
• Feature: Spot Landing the Acrowot. A design modification to assist shorter, more accurate landings.
• Readers Model: Ron Hughs relates his 1:3 scale Stits Playboy project for 30cc petrol power.
• Review: Westfield's BAe Hawk. 40" span jet style fun fighter for .20 engines & 3 channel r/x.
• Light Flight: John Stennard tries out the Potensky POTS, a 5+ channel aerobatic park flyer.
• Pattern Patter: Bonding an F3A team together & a look at the latest YS 1.40DZ engine.
• FREE PLAN: Currie Wot designed by Peter Rake. 36" span sports biplane for 3 channel electric.
• Feature Plan: A320 Airbus. 74" span Styrofoam airliner for .46 size engine & 4 channel r/x
• Flat Field Flyer: Chris Munsden looks at setting up & flying a bungee launched sports glider.
• Net Trawl: David Thomas takes a surf around the web for the latest internet modelling sites.
• Review: Ripmax F4U Corsair. 57" span ARTF US Navy Warbird for .46 class engine & 4 channel r/x
• Big Stuff: Clive Hall examines scale effects & calls for more research into the Mobile phone issues.
• Aeromodeller Anonymous: Nigel Hawes rips into the unsuspecting but usually deserving modellers.
• Media Reviews: Books & data files for the avid reader or just plain old plane enthusiasts.
• Licenced To Fly: Alan Cathcart gives his views on flying full size aircraft compared to models.
• Feature: Bloom & Voss & a near disastrous mixing of wing panels. Told by Steve Holland.
• Diary Dates: Events, Shows, Fly-ins & competitions listed thought to August.
• Reports: Intermodellbau 2002 from Dortmund, Germany & Top Gun 2002 results from Florida, USA.
• Classifieds: Readers adverts, Services, Flight training & International shoppers index.

 

• Collectively Speaking: Editorial Musings from Jon Tanner and a host of news from the model helicopter calendar.
• Sales Pitch: Latest kits, parts & upgrades from JR, Robbe, Vario, Quick UK & Motors & Rotors.
• From The Ground Up: Paint jobs for Raptors, tracking blades safely & fixing the shakes.
• What's on: Dates for your Diary with events, competitions and fly-ins listed to November.
• Review: JR X-378. Rob Creasy tests JRs intermediate 7 channel transmitter. Features 8 memories and digital trims.
• Report: Six pages of Jon Tanners finest from the 49th Annual Weak Signals Toledo Show 2002.
• Grand Tour: James Wang reports from the Taiwan headquarters of Thunder Tiger & takes a guided tour of the new modern factory.
• Scale By Scale: Sean Brown gives Peter Wales' Top Gun winning Aérospatiale Lama a close inspection.
• Report: Dortmund 2002 showed a host of new products to expect in the coming year. Mike Nott brings the news.
• Review: Century Falcon SE II falls under the critical eyes of Stephen Bell. .46 size heli offering high quality, good specifications & value for money.
• Report: Top Gun 2002. Full story from Sean Brown with plenty of pictures & full results listing from the event in Florida.
• Review: Raptor 50 from Thunder Tiger. Russ Deaking takes on the task of discovering why this new 3-D machine is set to be a success.
• USA Heli Scene: Tom Scully & James Wang go in search of new products & a visit to the house of Joe Howard to see the latest project on the go.
• X-Cell Cup: A new Australian event reported on by Peter Rieksts. Also flying in the cold & night flights to add to the excitement.
• Set-Up: Mechanical set-up of a model helicopter, what to look for & what not to miss. Described in detail by Stephen Bell.
• Review: Bell 222 from Hirobo. Dr. Htin Aung writes on his project of painting & scale detailing this large & very accurate model.
• Close Encounters: Part 4 of flying like the 3-D masters by Russ Deakin. Lists of manoeuvres, Freestyle events & flying to music.
• Turning And Burning: Rob Creasey takes time to get some flying done & explains the differences needed for level flight trimming.
• Classifieds: Readers free adverts & International shoppers directory.

 

• Switch On: Editorial & Radio Control News with event announcements, Duxford update & the return of 308 Hobbies to Holloway Road.
• Counterpoint: New products for the modeller from Scorpio, Deluxe Materials, Beeline & Steve Webb Models.
• Review: Hunter 400 from Robbe. Mike Le'Mmon tests this 28" span ARTF sports jet for 400 motors & 3 channel r/x.
• Weekenders: Alex Whittaker goes on a photo call with new models & a look at the EJ-1 Bitzaar experimental research model.
• Bank & Yank: Electric Pylon racing on budget 400 class equipment is the subject of David Ashbys insight.
• Scale Forum: Duncan Hutson applies some finishing touches using some basic household junk. Suck it & see.
• Report: Sandown Model Symposium. Alex Whittaker brings 7 pages of pictures & a full report.
• Review: Saito FA-100. Brian Wynch gets the latest Japanese 4 Stroke engine to hit these shores.
• All Write: Readers letters to the editor to air views, seek solutions or just bring good news.
• FREE PLAN: Hoehnia designed by Mike Parry. 56" span, built up & sheet construction sports plane for .15 engines & 4 channel r/x
• Fly Electric: Nigel Hawes rallies support from the I.C. masses whilst he looks at the pros & cons of budget I.C. - electric conversions.
• Flying Sparks: Another season full of projects & plans begins with Dave Chinnery & another dose of Pico-Jet pylon racing.
• Club Pictorial: Brian Cooper shows us round some of his local clubs starting with The Northwick Park Club ~ Phoenix MFC.
• Wizard of Oz: Repairing a push rod tube on a model engine, intelligent twin glow driver & how to fins the swept volume of a cylinder.
• Lure of the Lathe: Continuing from Alec Whittakers series, Loris Goring looks at setting up a metal turning workshop.
• R/C Technique: Part 1 - Radio Play. Gerard Feeney's guide to radio installations with practical advice & making the correct choice of radio gear.
• Review: AT-6 Harvard from Graupner. 1/8 scale 60" span ARTF semi scale Reno Racer for .46 2 stroke to .52 4 stroke engine & 5/6 channel r/x.
• Straight & Level: Peter Russel measures the heights with a simple formula to unravel the geometry & how to apply it.
• Going Places: Diary dates for the coming season. Two pages of events, shows &competitions listed through to the end of July.
• Review: Smart Dart P.R.A.T (Pylon Racing Advanced Trainer) from BVR. 28" span sports aerobatic / pylon racer for 400/480 motor & 3 channel r/x.
• Workshop: Alex Whittaker goes in search of the ultimate power tool collection & highlights some of the machinery available at reasonable cost.
• From Up Here: One flight can last a whole day ..... Chas Gardiner explains how & the difference between a Stall Turn & a Chandelle.
• Classifieds: Readers adverts, Shop Guide, courses, Tuition & services.
• Barnstormer: Lord Bertram spends a well earned rest off the coast of Monte Carlo, flies home to avert a publishing emergency & hears the Vicar of St Nitros deliver another scolding sermon.

 

• Lift Off:: Latest news & views from the aviation world. Modelling news, F3C team announced, notices & the mystery aircraft gets a second innings.
• Review: Alienator GP from Ripmax. Futuristic foam ARTF with 42" span forward swept wing. For up to .25 engine & 4/5 channel r/x.
• Motor Mouth: David Boddington tests the Rustler U/C Sparey 5cc diesel replica engine.
• Plan Feature: Aquabat designed by David Boddington. 55" span sports model for the ARC float set, up to .50 engine & 4 channel r/x
• Letters: Reader correspondence with the editor on matters of modelling.
• Review: Hitec Laser 4 & 6 channel transmitter. V-tail / Elevon mixing, supplied with 4 servos, receiver, r/x battery & charger.
• Watts New: The Black art is 1 year old. Graham Iredale looks at the top 10 Do's & Don'ts for EP enthusiasts.
• Large Model Matters: A chat in the pits part 3 with Ted Allison looks at how strong it must be & what servo power is needed?
• Review: F4U Corsair from Jamara. 64" span ARTF sports scale warbird for .60 - .90 engines & 4/5 channel r/x.
• FREE PLAN: Miss Ashley NA P-51 Mustang Reno-Racer part 1. 20" span free flight rubber scale racer.
• Show Report: Sandown Model Symposium sampler with a show run down from Greg Butterworth.
• F/F Workshop: Andy Hewitt looks at trimming difficult & unusual scale prototype free flight models.
• Review: Robbe Infinity 2 Delta Peak Charging station. Charge, discharge, analyse & cycle from .1 to 5 Amps.
• Small Talk: Fabricating Foam - Part 2. Small indoor electric models with 42g as the all up maximum target weight.
• Technique: Modelling with foamboard part 2. Roy Salter concludes with a test flight for the foamboard Shorts Skyvan.
• Review: Travel Air from Black Horse. 61" span ARTF aerobatic sports model. For .40 - .46 engine & 4/5 channel r/x.
• F/F Contest: Full results from the F1A, F1B & F1C Free Flight Euro championship team selection event at Sculthorpe.
• Modellers Free Ads: Advertise for sale or find a bargain.
• Hotline: Forthcoming events in the flying calendar listed though to September.
• Trading post: New modelling goods from Sigma Signs, J Perkins, Ripmax, Aerographics & Motors & Rotors.
• Workshop: Scale detailing made simple with the help of an inexpensive air brush & guided by Ken Sheppard.
• Review: Book reviews on 5 of the latest publications including Aviation Legend Paper Airplane Book & French Fighters of WWII In Action.
• Classifieds: Back issues, Plans Service, Buyers Guide, Web Directory & Services.
• Touchdown: David Boddington has the final word recalls some filming of pioneer era flying machines.