• Editorial: Mike Nott continues the good word of aeromodelling, thanks the readership for the support Q&EFI has received so far & comments on the increase in indoor flying.
• Diary Dates: 3 pages of events, meetings & fixtures listed right through to October & useful contact information for R/C Soaring Web Servers.
• Marketplace: ThreeDee400 & FW190 from Ripmax, MicroFloh soarer from GoGliding & Dragonfly 2 stage soarer from South Coast Sailplanes.
• Over Here: Dereck Woodward sends news of the electric flight scene in the United States.
• Plan Feature: Part 1 of Chris Golds reborn ducted fan model of the Hawker 'Sea Hawk'.
• Review: Aeroplan 'Hast'. 2.4M span light weight thermal soarer designed in the 1930s. Rainer Eckert gets to grips with it.
• Quiet Scale: Martin Irvine reports on the progress of his Nieuport 11 project & presents Ron Daniels 45" span, 10 cell Tempest II.
• Review: Coyote ARTF from Ripmax. Paul Cook builds & flys the reborn aerobatic soarer with the new electric power version.
• Event Feature: Brian Laird reports from the San Diego Mid-Winter Electric meeting, now one of the hottest events in the US attracting visitors from all over the world.
• Technology: Motor test results from Bob Smith as the Graupner Speed 300 & an Actro C8 get put through their paces in a variety of setups.
• Slow Fly: Ian Dale brings the best in indoor flight news featuring ultra light servos for ultra light airframes & the continuing search for early flying machines.
• Safety Feature: Chris Williams puts on his sensible hat to make observations on system redundancy to avoid painful & expensive accidents.
• Finishing Feature: Cheap & easy scale foam spinner with the help of a balloon. Mike Freeman guides you through making a good looking nose for that totally scale look.
• Plan feature: Slingsby T31 at 1/3 scale. Chris Williams looks over this 173" span model of the hard wearing 1950s training glider used throughout the world.
• Light Fantastic: Chris Golds muses on his full size tales of turbulence & looks over more readers models from around the world.
• Slope: Typically British weather discussed & reports on the England qualifier for the Viking Race 2002 by winner Alex McMeekin.
• PSS: Simon Cocker looks at rocket planes, soaring sites, chargers & readies a brace of T33 Shooting Stars for CSM Air Wars electronic non contact combat.
• Plan Feature: Family history commemorated by Tony Spillane with his depron foam 44" span Avro Lancaster powered by 4 KP01 indoor geared motors.
• Electric Starter: Stuart Marsden looks over readers responses for building & flying the Ripmax Zephyr & discusses a number of models & power installations.
• Review: Pico Jet MKII. Peter Dawson takes the evolved foam delta for a spin & explores the Pico-Jets varied flight envelope fully.
• Freebie: Stylish & inexpensive air cooling vents for scale or sport models made from empty coffee sweetener dispensers by Raymond McMahon
• Report: Stephen Mettam brings the latest radio equipment updates from the Nürnberg with a selection of new transmitters & a micro video camera package.
• Feature: Paul Cook spills the beans on his second hand, pilot kit, electric Tiger Moth. Flown on 9 uniquely mounted 3000mAh cells.
• Classifieds: Readers adverts, Shows, Accommodation, Advertisers Index & Shoppers Directory.

 

• Switch On: Editorial update, news from Duxford Imperial War Museum, ATS open day announced, new Lancaster free plan clinic & Italian F3A champion at Sandown.
• Counterpoint: New model products from Flair, Multiplex, Graupner, Ripmax, MP Jet, Laser Models & Peta UK Ltd.
• FREE PLAN: Hawker Hunter by Nigel Hawes. 26" span 1950's British warplane design for speed 400 pusher & 3 channel r/x.
• Review: JR X-378. 3 aircraft modes, 7 channels, 8 model memory. Mike Le'Mmon gets tests JRs latest mid range transmitter.
• All Write: Views, questions, solutions & even a complaint in the readers letters from around the world.
• From Up Here: Chas Gardiner reports on what's hot, what's not & expendable airframe modelling with foam & tape.
• Internet Investigator: Online Forums & R/C chat gets the once over from John Clark. Bumpygreen even gets a mention.
• Scale Forum: Duncan Hutson writes the obituary of an interesting & hot-to-handle Cessna 150 Bird Dog.
• R/C Technique: Ascertaining that all important centre of gravity & making it easy for yourself by Gerard Feeney.
• Hints & Tips: Readers ideas for cheap & effective solutions to everyday modelling problems.
• Review: ECO 8 from Ikarus. Graham Sullivan take a long hard look at this latest electric helicopter. 1060mm main rotor diameter designed for 6 to 12 cell flight packs.
• SHOWTIME: Pull-out Sandown Model Show guide. Information, event guide, site map, huge trader listing, BMFA info & full flying schedule for both days.
• Wizard Of Oz: Brian Winch explains what the bits do in the top end of a 4 stroke engine & looks over a 16 year old highly detailed scale Ansaldo.
• Going Places: Diary dates for events, meetings, shows & competitions listed through to June.
• Easy Jet: Part 2 of last months free plan building guide concludes with finishing, flying & advice on taking care of this sport aerobatic model from Malcolm Corbin.
• Flashback: Jack Northrop - aviation innovator who lead the way in early aircraft construction with a string of record breaking aeroplanes attributed to his designs. Dave Horton does the honours.
• Review: Miss Europa. ARTF vintage style electric trainer from Scorpio. Pete Millers takes to air with the 54" span model. For geared 400 motor & 3 channel mini r/x
• Aerobatics. Terry Westrop returns with an update to his freestyle aerobatics competition with 2 classes for advanced & sports level pilots.
• R/C Technique: Lure of the Lathe Part I. Alex Whittaker encourages the would be engineer to try his hand at some creative metalwork.
• Glider Guider: Tony Baker samples some American glider event video action, talks more on cockpit detailing & looks at some high end metal geared servos .
• Review: Mini Sport from JB Aviation. 48" span sports plane of all built up construction kit for .25 - .32 size engines & 4 channel r/x.
• Fly Electric: Nigel Hawes examines getting the most out of simple can-motors with the most unusual running in method & caring for those flight packs.
• Weekenders: Alex Whittaker looks at clever switch holders, charging sockets, on board glow systems & tells the tale of a smartly avoided scale model disaster.
• Review: ASP 36 Series 3. Far Eastern 2 stroke featuring ABC Liner/piston design, schneurle porting & quiet silencer option. Malc Pinnock runs the testing on Just Engines latest import.
• Classifieds: Readers adverts, UK model shop guide, services & flight training tuition.
• Barnstormer: Lord Bertram lets rip on metric tom-foolery at the very seat of national government & bags 2 more ARTFers whilst on vermin patrol with the poison pensioners.

 

• Take Off: What's going on in the modelling world? Editorial from Peter Dawson, news on the ATS Open day & an announcement from the Telford Model Aero Club.
• Shop Window: New products include Graupner Eco Cam props, GWS EDF 50 unit & planes from Ripmax, Planes Plus Inc, STC & Flair.
• Review: Boeing -P26 Peashooter from Flair. 71" span ARF semi-scale 1930s fighter. For .60 2 stroke to 1.20 4 stroke engine & 4/5 channel r/x.
• Best in Scale: Phillip Kent looks at more construction & installation tips for ailerons, flaps & slats.
• Aerodynamic Forum: Aerial photography with model camera planes & air-cooling using scale intakes with Alasdair Sutherland.
• Net Trawl: David Thomas surfs the net to find interesting & informative internet websites for aeromodellers.
• Finishing Touch: A simple method for covering a foam airframe with white glue & brown paper from Graham Drury.
• Powerhouse: Steve Dorling gets inside the latest RCV engines & looks at a new in flight glow driver system.
• The Sport Channel: Technology breakthrough in the 'BOOK', Plouf gallery & a fond farewell to an aeromodelling pioneer by Gray.
• Review: Futaba Field Force 9. Tom Wilkinson finds out what's new on Futabas latest 9 channel transmitter.
• Charged Flying: New equipment & new models for would be electric pilots investigated by Stephen Mettam.
• Model Feature: Boeing Stearman Top Gun 2001 contender from the plans of Nick Ziroli.
• Review: Pico-Jet Combat Mk II from Multiplex. Elapor foam delta for 400/480 motor & 3 channel elevon r/x.
• Big Stuff: Stress, Creep & Plastic pop bottle retracts ~ Clive Hall tells what these things have in common.
• Pattern Patter: Phil Williams thinks big for the first of a two-part large scale pattern ship kit build report.
• Light Flight: T-IFO indoor flight trainer. 33" disc wing plane for 3 channel micro r/x. Reviewed by John Stennard.
• FREE PLAN: The Scout designed by Peter Rake. 56" span sport-scale model for 600 motor & 4 channel r/x
• Plan Feature: B-57D. 106" span semi-scale built up fus' & foam wing PSS model for 3/4 channel r/x.
• Review: Easy Pigeon modifications include V-Tail, extended wings & a camera mount by Richard Preston.
• Review: Scallywag from Scallywag models. ARF fun fly for .15 to .30 engine & 4/5 channel r/x.
• Jets: Dick Spreadbury reports from the Jet Modellers Association AGM & mini-trade show.
• Marsden's Musings: Looking forward to the coming season & some views on synthetic oil fuels.
• Pole to Pole: Alan Brown gives useful tips on constructing a standard pylon racer kit & the latest pylon news.
• Diary Dates: Forthcoming events, shows & contests listed through till June.
• Flight Lines: Reports from the AMA Convention 2002 in California & Jets over Corfu in Greece.
• Paradise: Portuguese holiday in the Algarve turns up a surprise flying site for Colin Arnold.
• Classifieds: Readers free ads, modelling supplies, services & UK model shopping directory.

 

• Lift Off: News & Views from the aviation world featuring - Cockpit editorial with Ken Sheppard, announcement for ATS Open day & Aircombat UK 2002 rule changes & schedule for '02 competitions.
• Simply The Best: Peter McDermott's F4C contest scale Sopwith Snipe - Scale modelling at it's very best.
• Review: Gambler 40 from Ripmax. 57.5" span ARTF mini pattern ship for .40 -.46 2 stroke & 4 channel r/x.
• Plan Feature: Miles M2 Hawk. 72" span 1933 Kings Cup racer plan for .60 size engine & 4 to 6 channel r/x.
• Review: Cloud Dancer 409 from Thunder Tiger. 60" span sports aerobatic ARTF for .40 2 stroke to .53 4 stroke engine.
• FREE PLAN #1: Catapulticus - 16" span competition hand launched glider designed by Phil Ball.
• Review: ASP Series III .65 4 stroke. Ken Sheppard tests out the latest 11cc power plant from China. Distributed by Just Engines.
• Out & About: David Boddington introduces some of the 'characters' you always seem to meet at any fly-in.
• Large Model Matters: A Chat in the Pits is a new series of articles from Ted Allison on scratch building 'big stuff' & what to consider when choosing a design.
• Review: Epsilon 525 catapult glider. Andrew Crisp tests the 16" (525mm) span Oz chuck glider from Free Flight Supplies.
• FREE PLAN #2: Armstrong Whitworth FK3 - An early WW I reconnaissance bi-plane. 26.5" (675mm) span indoor r/c scale for geared PU02 motors, 8 x 50 mAh flight pack & 3 channel micro r/x.
• Review: Piper J-3 Cub from Black Horse. 72" (1.8m) span ARTF easy fly sports scale model. For .40 - .46 2 stroke & 4/5 channel r/x. (NB Bumpy Green has secured one of these to test fly summer 2002)
• Workshop: Mick Lewis combines a Mercury Viper & an Oliver Mk2 Tiger Cub engine to create a nostalgic control line trainer.
• Rally Retro: Alan Cardash has the enviable task of reporting from the sun blessed Florida Jets 2002 meet at Brunnell Airport near Daytona.
• Review: Tiger Moth from GWS. 31" (800mm) span indoor sport scale model. For geared 280 motors, 6 x 110mAh flight pack & 3 channel micro r/x
• Motor Mouth: Ken Sheppard describes a unique contra-rotation prop system designed in the early '60s which won Bruce Randle the SMAE Nationals in 1963 on a Blackburn YB1 prototype.
• Watts New: Graham Iredale continues the Black Art series with some small models for indoor flight.
• Hotline: Diary dates for meetings, events & competitions through to July 2002.
• Trading Post: Wipe out Video CD & new products from Mainlink Systems, Ripmax, Amerang & Beeline Model Products.
• Review: Reaper from Mick Reeves. 72" (1.8M) span gas turbine canard delta for 10lb thrust range engines.
• Workshop: Cutting your own strip balsa the easy way as shown with Rob Hallertons budget cutting table.
• Small Talk: Indoor control line & a basic indoor r/c trainer by Dave Ridgeway.
• Classifieds: Free readers ads, back issues, dealers guide & plans service.
• Touchdown: Have your say as the BMFA respond to the idea of a centralised Association flying site.

 

• Collectively Speaking: Model Helicopter World news with show announcements & Editorial Musings from Jon Tanner.
• Sales Pitch: New model heli products from Motors & Rotors, Quick UK, JR/MacGregor Industries & RC Models Distribution Ltd.
• From The Ground Up: Richard Morris offers advice on model maintenance & has a look at RC Stunt Copter game for Playstation.
• What's On: Diary dates for events in the coming months.
• Review: Futaba Field Force 9 transmitter. John Bottomley gets his fingers onto the latest digital trim computer radio system.
• Scale by Scale: Sean Brown takes a look over a selection of readers models with examples of civil & military designs.
• Reader Write: Model Helicopter World write-in helpdesk with readers model helicopter questions answered.
• Report: Nürnberg International Toy Fair. 5 picture packed pages from the industries 2002 event in Germany.
• Review: Brian Stewart build & flys the cover model - Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin 2. A .60 size scale helicopter kit from Hirobo.
• Review: X-Treme Economic. Richard Morris reports on this lower priced .60 size hi-tech sports model from Vario Helicopters.
• USA Heli Scene: James M Wang & Tom Scully report from across the ocean of a home modified flybarless collective pitch Hornet mini electric helicopter.
• Turning and Burning: Rob Creasey progresses the learning curve with setting up & using throttle hold plus auto-rotating for beginners.
• Close Encounters: How to fly 3D Master manoeuvres - Part 2. Russ Deakin continues with flips, loops & a knife edge pirouette.
• Classifieds: Readers adverts & UK & International shoppers directory.

 

• Pre-Flight: Mystery planes on TV, News from Duxford, events announced at Old Warden & remembrance of 2 famous aeromodellers.
• What When Where: Diary dates for all flying disciplines listed throughout the coming year.
• Review: Graupner Der Große UHU. 60" span glider kit featuring pod & boom design, jedelski wing & optional power pod. For 2/3 channel r/x.
• Scale Soaring: Chris Williams examines some hi-tech lift detecting gear & discusses successful out-landings.
• Technique:  Let’s hear it for LEGO. Mike Alexander concludes his series on the endless possibilities with this brick building toy.
• View From The Hill: Pete Beadles R/C Slope Soaring column with advice on neater wiring, charging, better battery care & dealing with slope hooligans.
• Precision Flight: Martin Bedding sets to work on the Aero Works’ Big Edge 540T. 33% scale, 105" span aerobatic model for engines up to 100cc (6.1 cu in)
• H.I.D.T: How I Did That shares tips & ideas sent in by every day modellers finding solutions to everyday modelling problems.
• Aero Modeller: Heard at the hangar doors this month are dates for CLAPA stunt Fly for Fun events & control line results from the Australian nationals.
• Starting Out: Stuart Marsden goes back to square one with part 2 of his series for first time aeromodellers & begins work on the West Wings Sapphire.
• FREE PLAN #1: Interkosmos rocket. 1/34^th scale model for solid rocket motors designed by Stuart Lodge.
• Review: Rustler Merco 40 on test with Derek Pickard. A lightweight high power control line stunt plane engine.
• FREE PLAN #2: Number Nine. Version 9 of the J.R. Lantham indoor biplane. 14" span for CO2 or rubber power.
• Free Flight File: The season ahead, more on D-boxes & contest news with results from Timperley Flyers, Crookham Gala & Pannet meeting events.
• FREE PLAN #3: Tight Lines covers Mike Broadbents Douglas Skyraider A-1E construction for control line carrier deck operation.
• Free Flight Scale: Bill Dennis on Scale Matters with a variety of new indoor scale subjects discussed.
• International F/F: 244 Cloud Tramps took to the air in honour of Charlie Grant & his achievements in aviation.
• Vintage: For Old Times Sake with Don Howie on the Australian Nationals, early diesels & fuels for spark ignition engines.
• Review: Ripmax Zephyr. Vintage style, 61" span, high wing, ARTF easy fly model for 600 size motor & 3 channel r/x (motor/rudder/elevator control)
• Tools of the trade: AMI browses the pages of Proops Brothers 2002 tool catalogue.
• Webwalk: A quick look at some of the aeromodelling web sites on the internet.
• Power On The Quiet: Simon Wright tests a range of exhausts & reports on the surprising results.
• Splashing Around: End-of-season splash in & first of the 2002 diary dates with Alasdair Sutherland.
• Technique: Bruce Abell describes his ‘minimum disruption’ method for changing engines.
• Technique: Ribs for tapered wings. Mike Alexander describes in great detail his answer to accurate rib production for own design wings.
• Classifieds: Plans service, readers adverts & dealer directory.