CONTACT - News from the Scale scene
LMA SPRING SEMINAR - The famed annual season-starter for large scale fans goes from strength to strength
DUIGAN TRACTOR BIPLANE - A 27" span, IPS-powered scale model designed by Peter Rake. Prototype model built, test flown and described by Pat Lynch (FULL SIZE PLAN)
SCALE SOARING - Watch the birdie! Inexpensive modern video technology can add a new dimension to soaring satisfaction
SCALE AT FLORIDA JETS '08 - The big annual R/C jet show in Florida is always a revelation of turbine powered exotica. This year was no exception, as Alasdair Sutherland found out
DE HAVILLAND DH4 - This 84.5" (2032mm) 1/6th scale model is easy to fly and will get you into the intricacies of WW1 types with the minimum of agro. Suits .80-.90 size engines
SCALE DRAWING - 1:40 fine-line three-views of the DH.4
AN EARLY 'SPECIALIST' - It did not take long, after the start of WW1 for those involved to work out that the demands of air combat required aircraft tailored to specific tasks. The DH.4 quickly evolved as one of the workhorses of the conflict.
INTO ACTION WITH THE DH 4 - A.H.Curtis (A.R.Ae.Sa) recalls the tensions of combat on the Western Front during The Great War
DH 4 FLYING COLOURS - Combat colour scheme       
AERO ENGINES OF WW1 PART 4 - R.A.F la air cooled V8; Napier II; Green E.6 of 1914
THE QUIET ZONE - A detailed look at some of the gems in US modeller
Franny Brodigan's electric fleet
TECHNO SCALE - Mike Evatt turns the web pages for more Techno Scale topics
SHELFLIFE - Sit down for a good reading

ON THE COVER - One of the stars of this year's Florida Jets event was Craig Gottschang's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt 2. Built from the Mibo-Jets kit (Slovenia), it spans 120" and is powered by a pair of JetCat P-120s, each of which develops 23 Ibs thrust. 53 Ibs model has 12 servos. Two years in the making
years in the making.