Category: F3A / RC1 Planes

Chocal-Bauer Modellbau launched a new aerobatics model at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 1979.

Thursday, October 17, 2024, 3:00 p.m.: Call from Martin Schempp, hi Dieter, would you like to photograph my ‘new’ Admiral? I’ll be at the airfield, […]

It’s finally finished, the Yoshioka ‘Sensation’ by Jens Machinek. He actually wanted to surprise us with this airplane at our RC1 meeting in Böblingen. However, […]

Tobias Schulz developed his new F3A biplane Shamrock with his father Dr Eckhard Schulz for the 1989 F3A World Championship in Chesapeak, USA. He hoped […]

Thomas Ott flies Werner Schweiker’s ‘Ceres’. The aeroplane was used successfully at the 1983 F3A World Championship in Pensacola / USA. Werner flew his ‘Ceres’ […]

BY WOLFGANG MATT; TEXT BY RON CHIDGEY . . . continuing M.A.N.’s long-established tradition of publishing the World Champion aircraft; herewith we present the 1975 […]

Germany, Bremen-Lemwerder, FAI F3A World Championship. At the time, the Swede Bo Bergstedt was the reigning Nordic and Swedish champion and therefore took part in […]

Here is the latest achievement from our Austrian friend Michael Gebauer. Piranha’. Created in the mid-seventies from a kit from the Italian company ‘MB Modelli […]

Here is the competition model Saturn of the Canadian Ivan Kristensen from 1975 Saturn. Ivan also took part in the 1977 Tournament of Champions T.O.C. […]

When processing the photos of the T.O.C. 1976, Phil Kraft’s beautiful aerobatic model ‘Super Fli’ immediately caught my eye. Years ago I had already worked […]

The Astro-Hog was designed by Fred Dunn towards the end of the 1950s. Here is a beautiful example built by Günter Hoppe.

Matthias Strieker was an F3A B squad pilot in Germany at the end of the eighties. Inspired by Wolfgang Matt’s Granat, he developed his own […]

This is the Marauder from Bauer Modelle. The model dates back to 1977 and has recently been flown again. The aeroplane has been repainted. Powered […]

RC-I aerobatic biplane “STAGGER” from Phil Kraft USA. This model aircraft, built according to the construction plan, is ideal as a new retro model aircraft. […]

In this article we present Wilfried Klinger’s beautiful Super Tiger biplane construction, which he sold for decades through his company WIK Modellbau.

Today we received a message from our good hobby buddy Toni Bäuerle: He flew in his brand new seal Maexi today. Created from an original […]

Wolfgang Schwarze was a former employee of the Graupner company. He worked in the development department. In his spare time he flew in RC1 competitions, […]