Complete list of magazine articles on this site

Control-line articles
Historic C/L articles
Electric Flight articles
Helicopter articles
Helicopter kit reviews
Radio reviews
Other reviews
R/C Aircraft
Short finals
University of life
Recollections
Model histories
Lists
Merco
Model Railways


Control-line articles

Written for 'Aviation Modeller International'
A handle to your name - Control handles
Shooting a line - All about lines
Everything under control - Control systems
Don't tie yourself in a knot - Hinges and tanks
A clever stunt - Stunt models
I'll fight you... - Combat models
I'll race you... - The racing classes
Faster, faster - Speed model
How does this grab you? - Carrier (as in Aircraft Carrier) models
The Kan Doo Story - the first Gold Trophy winner

Written for 'Aeromodeller'
British Nats Vintage Stunt - Dec '96

Written for this site
Sources of control-line wire
An electric C/L model
Nimrod Design and Build History - by Jim Mannall.
Electric stunters
The Joke that is Vintage/OTS Stunt
So, just who IS the enemy?


Historic C/L articles

June 1948 - Ron Warring's Control Line Commentary from 'Aeromodeller'.
July 1948 - The Gold Trophy from 'Aeromodeller' has a report on the first annual contest.
1949 - Kan Doo development by Pete Cock from 'Model Planes Annual'.
May 1949 - H J Nicholls column Control Line Developments from 'Model Aircraft'.
December 1950 - Peter Chinn's column Accent on Power from 'Model Aircraft'.
March 1951 - Stunt outlook for '51 by Joe Wagner from 'Model Airplane News'.
December 1956 - How to Test a Stunt Ship by Bill Netzeband from Model Airplane News.
January 1957 - How to Fly STUNT by Bill Netzeband from Model Airplane News.
February 1957 - Theory and the Stunt Model by Bill Netzeband from Model Airplane News.
March 1957 - MORE..about Stunt Theory by Bill Netzeband from Model Airplane News.
April 1957 - Pointers On Stunt by Bill Netzeband from Model Airplane News.
April 1961 - Invisible Control Hinges by Dave Day from 'Model Aircraft'.
1963 - How to select the proper glow plug by Bill Netzeband from 'American Modeler Annual'.
1963 - Olympic VI by Bob Gialdini from 'American Modeler Annual'.
July/August 1966 - Control-Line Aerodynamics Made Painless by Bill Netzeband from 'American Modeler'.
September/October 1966 - Control-Line Aerodynamics Made Painless - THE CONTROL SYSTEM by Bill Netzeband from 'American Modeler'.
December 1967 - Control-Line Aerodynamics Made Painless (Part 3) by Bill Netzeband from 'American Modeler'.
March 1973 - Go for broke) by Al Rabe from 'American Aircraft Modeler'.
July 1973 - Fly the schedule - part 1 by Jim Mannall from 'Aeromodeller'.
August 1973 - Fly the schedule - part 2 by Jim Mannall from 'Aeromodeller'.
September 1978 - Evolution of a Thoroughbread - Al Rabe's 'Mustang' stunters from 'Aeromodeller'.


Electric Flight articles

Written for 'Electric Flight' book, 1983
History of Electric Flight
An on/off in-flight switch and R/C battery eliminator

Written for this site
GWS motors and drive units
The 'Tiny'
DC1717 motor/gearbox
The GWS 'Pico-stick'/'Lite-stick' and derivatives
The 'Bandit'
And Now?
A 35 Mhz mini aerial
Lithium battery low voltage warning
An electric C/L model
'Nextra
Ikarus 'Shock Flyer'
Batteries and charging
Streaker
C&K brushless motor
JMP ESC timer
Electric stunters
Shock flyer development
Titch
Batteries
More on batteries and charging
Other models
Gobrushless motor kits.
Cycling?
Monotwirl
E_sky Lama V4
Walkera 5G6
Li-Poly battery changes
Li-Poly cell balancing
Li-Poly memory
Spektrum all to pot


Helicopter articles

Written for this site
Moving swashplates and CCPM
Fun Piccolo
E_sky Lama V4
Walkera 5G6
Counter-rotation - the 'new' revolution

Written for 'Radio Modeller'
Beginners start here - An introduction to model helicopters - the basics


Helicopter kit reviews

Written for various magazines
Miniature Aircraft'X-Cell 60' - Dec '95
'xl-pro' - June '94
'A tale of two X-Cells' - May '97 (PDF file)
Graupner 'Helimax 60' - June '85
Kalt 'Baron 20' - Feb '82
'Cyclone' - Feb '86
'Space Baron'
'Space Baron' update - June/July '91
Kalt 'Whisper' - Jan '91
'Whisper update' - Oct/Nov '91
Even more 'Whisper' - May '94
'Whisper' one more time - May 2001
'Enforcer ZR' - Aug '94
'Alpha 30/53' - April '95
'Enforcer ZR' plus 'Black Shark' fuselage - March '95
robbe 'Squirrel' - Oct '86
robbe/Schluter 'Moskito Basic' - Dec '94
Schluter 'Magic'
GMP 'Legend' - July '89
Lite Machines 'LMH100' - June '95
Kyosho 'Concept 30SR-X' - July '95
'Hyperfly Apache' - Nov '95
Morley 'Huey' - Aug/Oct '90
'Maverick' - Jan '92
JR 'Ergo 30' - June '96
MS 'Hornet' - Sept '01
'Hornet' updates - Jan '02
'Hornet' resources
Hints, tips & mods
CP 'Hornet' (flybarless) - May/Jun '02
MS CP upgrade - Jun '02
Update 4 - Jul '05
Motors


Radio reviews

Written for various magazines
JR 'Max 6' - Mar '94
'Super Max 66' - April '94
'PCM9'
'APEX Computer' Heli
'APEX Computer' Heli set with CCPM
'PCM10'
'PCM10' Aero
'PCM10' Heli
'PCM10' Quirks
'PCM 10SX'
'PCM8'
'x-347'
robbe/Futaba 'FC-28'
Futaba '9ZAP/9ZHP'
'9ZHP' in depth
'Skysport 6A'
'Gold' Series
'G-501' Piezo Gyro
Sanwa 'DB Laser 7P & 7H'
'SG-10' Piezo Gyro
Digifleet 'PCM-MX7'
World Electronics 'Talisman' System
Multiplex 'Royale mc'
'Mc3030'
'Mc3010'
'Cockpit MM'
Graupner/JR 'Mc10'


Other reviews

Written for various magazines
Kyosho'Stratus Sports' - electric R/C glider
'Hang Glider' - R/C motorised hang glider
Union'Condenser Plane' - electric F/F
Brodak'Tanager' - C/L stunt
Tamiya'Toyota 4x4' - electric R/C pick up truck
Cambria'Scimitar' - R/C aerobatic slope soarer
Micro-Mold'Wallis' - R/C autogyro
Autogyro revisited - 'Wallis' up-date
Mike Sharman'Killer Queen 3' - R/C glider
Golden EraTaibi 'Power House' - R/C assist vintage F/F
Coverite'Micafilm' - covering film
SIG'Mister Mulligan' - F/F scale rubber powered
'Monocoupe' - F/F scale CO2 powered
Written for this site
Ikarus Modellbau'Shock Flyer' - electric R/C aerobatic sports model
CRT kitsGWR 1366 Dock Tank - 'O' gauge loco


R/C Aircraft

Written for 'RCM&E'
Milibar aerobatic model - Nov '70.
Dick Ohm Special 1/2A pylon racer - Feb '75.


Short finals

Written for 'Radio Modeller' as Roland Graunchet
No.1 - April '86 No.2 - May '86 No.3 - June '86
No.4 - July '86 No.5 - August '86 No.6 - September '86
No.7 - October '86 No.8 - November '86 No. 9 - December '86
No.10 - January '87 No.11 - February '87 No.12 - March '87
No.13 - April '87 No.14 - May '87 No.15 - June '87
No.16 - July '87 No.17 - August '87 No.18 - September '87
No.19 - October '87 No.20 - November '87 No.21 - December '87
No.22 - January '88 No.23 - February '88 No.24 - March '88
No.25 - April '88 No.26 - May '88 No.27 - June '88
No.28 - July '88 No.29 - August '88 No.30 - September '88
No.31 - October '88 No.32 - November '88 No.33 - December '88
No.34 - January '89 No.35 - February '89 No.36 - March '89
No.37 - April '89


University of life

Written for 'W3MH' as Seymour Tuit
No.1 - March '96 No.2 - April '96 No.3 - May '96
No.4 - June '96 No.5 - July '96 No.6 - August '96
No.7 - September '96 No.8 - October '96 No. 9 - November '96
No.10 - December '96 No.11 - January '97 No.12 - February '97
No.13 - March '97


Recollections

Written for this site
Memoirs of an obsessive aeroplane hater
Part 1 - the mid 40's
Part 2 - the late 40's
Part 3 - the early 50's
Part 4 - the late 50's, part 1
Part 5 - the late 50's, part 2
Part 6 - the early 60's, part 1
Part 7 - the early 60's, part 2
Part 8 - the late 60's, part 2
Part 9 - the late 60's, part 2
Part 10 - the early 70's
Part 11 - the '74 Aerolympics, part 1
Part 12 - more Aerolympics

Electric Car Rail Racing
Bob Palmer's Radial Cowl Thunderbird
St Ives air attack
The Peterboro Files
How slow is your pacemaker?
Unidentified Flying Objects
Glitches in reality
1962 Gold Trophy

Written for 'RCM&E'
Sopwith & OPS Trophies, 1984


Model histories

Written for this site
Iroquois'
Noblers
Autogiros


Lists

Written for this site
Vintage stunters
Classic stunters
Gold Trophy winners
UK Nats Vintage Stunt winners
Fireball Trophy winners

By others
Scale stunters - Terry McDonald
Engine tests - Terry McDonald
Drill & Tap size chart - George Aldrich


Merco

Latest Engine News - Peter Chinn, from 'Model Aircraft' August & September 1958
Engine Tests - Merco 'Stunt 35' - Peter Chinn, from 'Model Aircraft' January 1960
Engine Analysis - 1960 model Merco 35 - R H Warring, from 'Aeromodeller' February 1960
Merco 49 R/C - from 'Model Aircraft' July 1962
Peter Chinn tests the Merco 61 - from 'Model Aircraft' October 1964
Engine Analysis Merco .61 R/C - R H Warring, from 'Aeromodeller' November 1964
Latest Engine News - Merco .61 R/C Mark 2 - Peter Chinn, from 'Aeromodeller' July 1966
Merco 20 - by John Goodall, from 'Model Engine World', February 1999
Starting a history of Merco - by Ian Russell, 'Model Engine World', May 2002
Merco engines - the early years - by Bill Morley, from 'Model Engine World', October 2002
A Merco 35 - by Dave Day, January 2003


Model Railways

Written for this site
GWR 1366 Dock Tank - 'O' gauge loco
Coupling rods
'O' Gauge stock list
Model Railways and Science Fiction
Mega kits GWR 1101 Dock Tank

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