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Holiday on Ice F1B winner. Two views, dimensions and airfoil sections.
AERO MODELLER #648 Jan 1990 (v.55) pg. 50

Two rubber-powered flying models using mainly foam construction. (1) Koodavbeen. Simple starter model using 2mm foam sheet. (2) FP15, a straightforward P15 class model. Full-size plans included.
AERO MODELLER #649 Feb 1990 (v.55) pg. 71

Vintage corner. Partial instructions for building the rubber-powered Navy Pursuit airplane which appeared in the Jan 1934 issue of Flying Aces magazine.
AERO MODELLER #649 Feb 1990 (v.55) pg. 80

Pure Fantasy. Development and construction details for Dave Hipperson's 80 gram winning design in the 10 gram Open Rubber class. 53" wingspan, 20" diameter prop.
AERO MODELLER #650 Mar 1990 (v.55) pg. 156

Pipistrelle GTI. A swept wing, tailless, F/F rubber powered model. A new version of George Woolls' original design. Full-size plans included.
AERO MODELLER #652 May 1990 (v.55) pg. 264

Dutch T(h)reat F1B constructed of Kevlar, carbon, balsa and glass. One view, dimensions and airfoil sections.
AERO MODELLER #653 Jun 1990 (v.55) pg. 349

Percy III. 38.5" wingspan rubber-powered duration model aircraft. One quarter scale plan and building tips.
AERO MODELLER #654 Jul 1990 (v.55) pg. 396

CDH 40. Winner of 100gm class at 1989 Aeromodeller Coupe event. Winner at Port Meadow, 1988. Two views and dimensions.
AERO MODELLER #656 Sep 1990 (v.55) pg. 529

Jimmie Allen "Bluebird", a vintage rubber powered free-flight aircraft. Looks at the history of Jimmie Allen designs. Includes a reduced-scale copy of the original Bluebird plan as published by the Skelly Oil Company.
AERO MODELLER #659 Dec 1990 (v.55) pg. 674

Snowman IIb and Snowman III. A pair of all-weather Coupe d'Hiver (CDH) competition (rubber powered, free flight) models. Full-size plans included.
AERO MODELLER #660 Jan 1991 (v.56) pg. 17, Insert

Tip on improving the traditional Open Rubber model fuselage (consisting of longerons, spacers and tissue covering) by replacing both the spacers and tissue with thin strips of balsa.
AERO MODELLER #661 Feb 1991 (v.56) pg. 122

Foam fun. Techniques for making rubber-powered, free-flight, profile scale models from sheet foam. Instructions included for a Sunderland flying boat.
AERO MODELLER #662 Mar 1991 (v.56) pg. 146

A model with no name. Recreation of the "No-Name Mulvihill" 1982 open rubber Category III record holder. Reduced-scale plan included.
AERO MODELLER #663 Apr 1991 (v.56) pg. 218

Whiskas. The latest version of Mike Woodhouse's winning F1B design features a "wing wiggler". Limited plan and construction information included.
AERO MODELLER #664 May 1991 (v.56) pg. 308

Swift. A 22" span simple rubber-powered model for indoor or outdoor flying. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #670 Nov 1991 (v.56) pg. Insert

A swarm of bees. Four delightful little models by Mark Bee. (1) The Bee, a chuck glider. (2) The Wren. A ROG model powered by either CO.2 or rubber. (3) Bumble Bipe. A rubber-powered biplane. (4) Backward Bee. A rubber-powered tractor-style (canard-style). All feature simple sheet balsa or stick-and-tissue construction. Full-size plans included.
AERO MODELLER #671 Dec 1991 (v.56) pg. 702, Insert

Fledgling. Revival of a classic 24" span rubber-powered free-flight beginner's model (circa 1947). Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #675 Apr 1992 (v.57) pg. 20, Insert

Half Jaguar. Half-scale version of the 1948 Wakefield Cup winner. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #677 Jun 1992 (v.57) pg. 18, Insert

Half a Gypsy. A half-size rendition of Keil Kraft's famous "Gypsy" rubber-powered free-flight model. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #678 Jul 1992 (v.57) pg. 46, Insert

Pongo. Easily-constructed model is an ideal introduction to competition rubber-powered models. Uses a 9.5" propeller, has no dimension over 30", and is limited to 10 grams of rubber. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #680 Sep 1992 (v.57) pg. 18, Insert

Persey. An 18" span sport tailless rubber-powered model. The wing features a curved leading and trailing edge like the Zanonia seed from which the profile was derived. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #684 Jan 1993 (v.58) pg. 25

Pulex GM (Garden Model). A rubber-powered sports model especially designed for free-flight in domestic gardens. Features compact dimensions, twin tails and a wing span of only 20". Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #690 Jul 1993 (v.58) pg. 18, Insert

Tiny Tops. Simple square fuselage free-flight rubber-powered model built from sheet balsa. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #690 Jul 1993 (v.58) pg. 25

Diasphere. A vintage (circa 1941) free-flight rubber-powered aircraft that is suitable for either ROG (rise-off-ground) or ROW (rise-off-water) flight. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #691 Aug 1993 (v.58) pg. 26, Insert

T.W.K. Clarke's model aeroplane of 1907. Tips on building and flying replicas of this rubber-powered canard monoplane.
AERO MODELLER #697 Feb 1994 (v.59) pg. 18
Added Info AERO MODELLER #698 Mar 1994 (v.59) pg. 8

Build a Comet Baby ROG. All dimensions are shown on this reprint of the plan dated January 1933.
AERO MODELLER #697 Feb 1994 (v.59) pg. 45

Firefly. Rubber-powered free flight balsa and tissue model. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #699 Apr 1994 (v.59) pg. 26

NEL. Rubber-powered balsa and tissue duration free-flight model with a 28" span. A version of a 1942 "Britannia Skyskout". Reduced-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #700 May 1994 (v.59) pg. 38

Heather's Broomstick. A 30" span rubber-powered free-flight canard features a tubular fuselage and swept-back wing. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #701 Jun 1994 (v.59) pg. 10

2FC design (circa 1932) which conformed with Wakefield rules of the day. Reduced-scale plan included.
AERO MODELLER #701 Jun 1994 (v.59) pg. 37, 40

Cloud Chaser rubber-powered ROG stick tractor (circa 1938). Reduced-scale plan included.
AERO MODELLER #703 Aug 1994 (v.59) pg. 46

Belle Air. A 30" span free-flight rubber-powered model. Features balsa construction with balsa sheeting on the fuselage. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #705 Oct 1994 (v.59) pg. 6

Skyscout. Reduced-scale plans for the original 28" span Class A duration type free-flight rubber-powered aircraft (circa 1935).
AERO MODELLER #707 Dec 1994 (v.59) pg. 10

Topaz. A 610mm (24") wingspan rubber powered sport model. Balsa and tissue construction. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #707 Dec 1994 (v.59) pg. 22

Shrew MK2. A rubber powered 32" wingspan monoplane of conventional balsa construction. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #709 Feb 1995 (v.60) pg. 27

Everyman's guide to better rubber-powered model airplane kit building. Tips you won't find in the instructions. Includes diagrams for a lining-up jig, holding wing to avoid warping, non-jamming nose block bearing, and typical winding stooge.
AERO MODELLER #714 Jul 1995 (v.60) pg. 8

Prince Hal. This rubber-powered model is adapted from the King Henry design first published in 1945. Features conventional stick balsa construction and 25" wingspan. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #715 Aug 1995 (v.60) pg. 18

WBP-1 Flying Plank. A profile model of a 1970s tailless airplane powered with a rubber-powered pusher propeller. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #716 Sep 1995 (v.60) pg. 25

Korda Wakefield replica. Build a reduced-size (25" wingspan) version of this famous rubber-powered free-flight model. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #722 Mar 1996 (v.61) pg. 14, 25 (Insert)

Falcon. A 25" wingspan simple beginners rubber-powered model of conventional construction. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #725 Jun 1996 (v.61) pg. 25 (Insert)

Reduced-scale plan of the simple Cloud Tramp rubber-powered aircraft designed for a mass launch on August 10 (1996) all over the world.
AERO MODELLER #726 Jul 1996 (v.61) pg. 19

Buzz Bee. A Mark Bees design for free-flight CO.2 or rubber power which offers good performance with simple and traditional construction. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #726 Jul 1996 (v.61) pg. 24, 25 (Insert)

Successful Senators. Construction tips for the Keil Kraft "Senator" free-flight rubber-powered model kit.
AERO MODELLER #728 Sep 1996 (v.61) pg. 19

Half-sized Copland Wakefield can be flown indoors or out. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #728 Sep 1996 (v.61) pg. 34, 25 (Insert)

Half-sized version of a 1936 Wakefield winning model. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #730 Nov 1996 (v.61) pg. 33, 25 (Insert)

Profile Wakefields. Two of Bob Copland's Wakefield Classics (circa 1939-1953) are presented as "no-cal profile" models with 16" span. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #732 Jan 1997 (v.62) pg. 46, Insert

Piccolo. A P30 class rubber-powered model for the novice to competition free-flight. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #733 Feb 1997 (v.62) pg. 18, Insert

The Elf and the Wizard. Two easy, free-flight rubber-powered models for beginners. Full-size plans included.
AERO MODELLER #738 Jun 1997 (v.62) pg. 26, Insert

Wot Ho! A 13" span rubber-powered free-flight model made from ordinary insulation foam. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #747 Feb 13 1998 (v.63) pg. 23
Added Info AERO MODELLER #749 May 7 1998 (v.63) pg. 7

Starlet. An unorthodox-looking rubber powered indoor/outdoor model is styled like an ultralight aircraft. The cockpit hangs below the engine/tail boom. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #750 Jun 4 1998 (v.63) pg. 21, Insert

Vintage lightweights. Part 1. Introduction to a popular free-flight class of rubber-powered aircraft models.
AERO MODELLER #757 Dec 17 1998 (v.63) pg. 30

Felix. A 22" span rubber-powered duration pylon-style model originally designed in 1939. Full-scale plan included.
AERO MODELLER #758 Jan 14 1999 (v.63) pg. 23, Insert

Vintage lightweights. Part 2. Building the Cherokee ultra lightweight duration model. Features a sparless design wing and conventional balsa and tissue construction. Reduced-scale plan included.
AERO MODELLER #759 Feb 11 1999 (v.64) pg. 8

Return of the Jackdaw. Building a new version of the vintage Jackdaw II rubber-powered, semi-scale cabin class aircraft. Reduced-scale plans included.
AERO MODELLER #763 Jun 3 1999 (v.64) pg. 6

Trimming Topaz. Advice on determining the center of gravity, test gliding, changing props and trying different motors on free-flight rubber-power model aircraft.
AERO MODELLER #767 Sep 1999 (v.64) pg. 16

Vintage Bobik. Full-size plan for a free flight rubber powered ROG model designed back in 1952.
AERO MODELLER #771 Jan 2000 (v.65) pg. 21

Little Gem. A 21" span free flight sports model which can be flown using either rubber or KP00 electric power. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #775 May 2000 (v.65) pg. 14, Insert

Tango. A stable, vintage looking, foam free flight model that uses a plastic commercially available prop. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #775 May 2000 (v.65) pg. 20

Millennium Moth. A mini-vintage rubber power model in the late 1930's style. Created by Albert Hatfull, famed designer of many Keil Kraft kits. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #776 Jun 2000 (v.65) pg. 20

Lightweight Pistachio. Build a miniature (Pistachio size) of Mike Farthing's 1943 outdoor rubber power free flight model "Lightweight". Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #778 Aug 2000 (v.65) pg. 26

Raven II. A simple rubber powered model built mainly from balsa sheet and featuring a T-tail. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #780 Oct 2000 (v.65) pg. 20

Honeypot. A modification of Mark Bees' Raven II (see issue #780) can be built with balsa of any quality or weight. This rubber powered free flight model is easy to trim and is a good introduction to all-balsa construction. Full-size plan included.
AERO MODELLER #783 Jan 2001 (v.66) pg. 20

USAF ROG. Simple indoor or outdoor free-flight model is made from foam food packaging trays and one balsa stick. Rubber-powered propeller assembly is taken from a Skeeter kit (or equivalent).
MODEL AVIATION Jan 1990 (v.16#1) pg. 66, 94

A pair of bats. Noctule IB (for rubber power) and Noctule IIB (for CO.2 power) flying wing models. Plans included.
MODEL AVIATION Feb 1990 (v.16#2) pg. 64

Winter Hawk. A contest-winning Coupe d'Hiver class model features a turbulated Sokolov airfoil (164 sq.in.; aspect ratio of 13:1).
MODEL AVIATION Mar 1990 (v.16#3) pg. 68

Lil' Cloud Sniffer (circa 1947). Features a simple tissue-covered box body and solid balsa airfoils.
MODEL AVIATION May 1990 (v.16#5) pg. 77

Sky Bird Jr., a simple rubber-powered stick model (SRPSM).
MODEL AVIATION May 1990 (v.16#5) pg. 140

30/30 Miniwake. A novel SRPSM (simple rubber-powered stick model) features the proportions of an F1B Wakefield.
MODEL AVIATION Jun 1990 (v.16#6) pg. 136

Boom Box, an intermediate design for the Wakefield rubber class.
MODEL AVIATION Jul 1990 (v.16#7) pg. 76

Embry-omatic. This rubber-powered F/F Embryo endurance class model is extremely easy to build and fly.
MODEL AVIATION Aug 1990 (v.16#8) pg. 56

Penaud Planophores. Profile of Charles Alphonse Penaud, a 19th-century pioneer of model airplanes. Includes drawings of several of his rubber-powered designs, which he called "planophores".
MODEL AVIATION Aug 1990 (v.16#8) pg. 63

Conscientious Objector. A rubber-powered Mulvihill design for AMA Category II and III F/F competition.
MODEL AVIATION Sep 1990 (v.16#9) pg. 74

Baby ROG. Build a 1927 vintage ROG rubber-powered free-flight stick model.
MODEL AVIATION Jan 1991 (v.17#1) pg. 35

Bean Box 5. A stick-and-tissue rubber-powered F/F model for the West Coast Bostonian outdoor class.
MODEL AVIATION Jan 1991 (v.17#1) pg. 89

LA-5FN. Rubber-powered stick-and-tissue profile model of the WW-II Soviet Lavochkin LA-5.
MODEL AVIATION Mar 1991 (v.17#3) pg. 81, 102

Pole Cat. This P-30 class rubber-powered model aircraft features a rolled-tube fuselage that is lighter and easier to build than the average slab-sided fuselage. It also incorporates a wing pylon and fin from the Sparrowhawk design.
MODEL AVIATION Aug 1991 (v.17#8) pg. 52

PGM Trainer. This simple stick model makes an ideal introduction to ROG flying. Flies 40 to 60 seconds on 500 winds of the rubber motor.
MODEL AVIATION Jan 1992 (v.18#1) pg. 61

Bush Avenger. This rubber-powered Free-Flight sport model is a 16" wingspan No-Cal Profile Scale replica of the Grumman torpedo bomber which George Bush flew in World War II.
MODEL AVIATION Feb 1992 (v.18#2) pg. 87

Fokker E-II. A simple, low-cost, good-flying, Outdoor rubber-powered ROG stick model that looks much like a WW-I pursuit plane.
MODEL AVIATION Mar 1992 (v.18#3) pg. 68

Ambrosini S.A.I. 207. An Outdoor/Indoor No-Cal profile Scale model of a WW-II Italian fighter with a 16" wingspan.
MODEL AVIATION May 1992 (v.18#5) pg. 68

Minute Man. Reproduction of a rubber-powered Outdoor F/F model that appeared in Popular Science (circa 1941). Build entirely of balsa sheet with a 20" wingspan.
MODEL AVIATION Sep 1992 (v.18#9) pg. 76

Bandit. Build a copy of the 1992 Moffett event rubber-powered free-flight winner. 40" wingspan, stick-and-tissue construction.
MODEL AVIATION Nov 1993 (v.19#11) pg. 26

Sharing the model aviation hobby with children. Includes plans for the Gilmore Special (an 18" wingspan all-sheet control-line trainer powered with a Cox Babe Bee .049) and the Sierra (a simple F/F rubber-powered stick-and-tissue model with 12" wingspan).
MODEL AVIATION Feb 1994 (v.20#2) pg. 50

Fuselage jig prevents twisting when constructing a built-up fuselage for a 1940 Copeland Wakefield.
MODEL AVIATION Jun 1994 (v.20#6) pg. 52

Aerodactyl. A free-flight rubber sport/trainer with 15" wingspan. Build with a tissue-covered wing or all-sheet wing. Designed for the novice builder.
MODEL AVIATION Jan 1995 (v.21#1) pg. 46

Modifications to make the Korda Wakefield (or other free-flight models of the era) more practical and long-lasting. Part 1. Dethermalizer and wing modifications.
MODEL AVIATION Jul 1995 (v.21#7) pg. 108

Modifications to make the Korda Wakefield (or other free-flight models of the era) more practical and long-lasting. Part 2. Simplified shaft design, single-bladed propeller construction, and noseblock modifications.
MODEL AVIATION Sep 1995 (v.21#9) pg. 101

Flying Aces Club profile class aircraft is a two-dimensional replica (covered one side only, with simple scale detail and gear-up construction) of a 1939 raceplane. Both indoor and outdoor versions can be built.
MODEL AVIATION Nov 1996 (v.22#11) pg. 51

Tip for keeping a nose block snuggly attached to a rubber-powered FF airplane.
MODEL AVIATION Dec 1996 (v.22#12) pg. 168

Icebox 25. The latest in a series of F1G (Coupe d'Hiver) free-flight rubber models dating to 1970. Features a 37" wingspan, close-folding prop blades, and built-up construction.
MODEL AVIATION Nov 1997 (v.23#11) pg. 50

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