Plan Build Models
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STOL Mk.2
This article was published to accompany the STOL Mk.2 plan publication in October 1983. A new CNC kit and wood pack can also be purchased. When the original STOL was designed in 1972 it wasn’t even called a STOL, just 242S – it was really little more than an aeronautical doodle. There was just the…
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Twirl Autogyro
This plan was published in 2006 and can be purchased at the RCM&E plans service. I first became interested in model autogyros after reading a very interesting article in Peter Russell’s ‘Straight & Level’ column here in RCM&E way back in the ‘70s. The models featured had a stub wing with two, 4-blade rotors made…
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SWOT
The SWOT plan is £9.95 and can be purchased via the RCM&E plans service. Ok, you’ve made the decision to start R/C flying and want to get into the air as soon as possible. You have little (if any) modelling experience, family and work responsibilities render you short of time, but you can set some cash…
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Miss Lizzy
Many years ago I designed a model for 1.5cc diesels called Tequila Sunrise. This was based on the big Bendix Trophy racers of the ‘30s and came complete with a long and fairly ludicrous spoof history. This history must have been nonetheless convincing because I had requests for scale documentation from overseas modellers who wanted…
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Fieseler Storch
This article was first published in 2005. The plan can be purchased from RCM&E's plans service. The model here was flown using a brushed motor/grearbox combination but a brushless set-up and Li-Po battery would now be suggested. For all that its gangling, angular appearance made the Fieseler Fi156 one of the most ungainly aircraft of…
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Kestrel Autogyro
The Kestrel plan can be purchased at www.myhobbystore.com In aviation’s short but fruitful genealogy, the story of the autogyro is one of a largely overlooked and undervalued hybrid belonging to the inter-war years. By splicing the fuselage and control surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft and the flying surfaces created by unpowered rotors, the Spaniard Juan…
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Maricardo
The Maricardo plan can be purchased at www.myhobbystore.com This article was first published in 2003. It’s the era of metrication, new money, Formica furniture, and glam rock. The year is 1971; the magazine, Radio Modeller. Featured inside the November issue, we have a smart 56” span shoulder-winger for .35 – 40 power –…
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Super Dart Mk.9
This plan and article were first published in 2001, see below for plan details. Ever since the first R/C Dart flew indoors at Olympia in 1995 / 96, there has been considerable interest in it wherever and whenever it goes out to play. Having witnessed the performance of my young lad’s rubber powered BMFA Dart,…
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Spitfire Mk.22
This plan article was first published in 2003 Electric flight technology has advanced rapidly since and it is suggested that builders fit a brushless powertrain or seek set-up advice in the forum The plan, cowl and canopy can be purchased at www.myhobbystore.com Released in March 1945, too late to see action in W.W.II, the Mk.22…
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Basic 3D
Please note that this article was first published over two issues in 2006. The Basic 3D plan, laser/cnc kit parts and a wood completion pack can be purchased at www.myhobbystore.com Designed to satisfy the needs of the up-and-coming 3D flyer, the appearance and construction of this model are completely different to my previously published efforts, which…
