Category: Karlheinz Schmid’s RC collection

Welcome to my ‘Radio Control Oldies’ section.
When I started flying model aeroplanes in the late 1960s, I was particularly interested in aerobatic models, known at the time as RC1.
I was especially fascinated by the ‘Kwik Fly’ model, which Phil Kraft flew to victory in the 1967 World Championships in Ajaccio, Corsica.
Of course, I also wanted the corresponding remote control from Kraft, which was released in 1968 under the name ‘Gold Medal Series’.
Unfortunately, this control system was unaffordable at the time due to the high dollar exchange rate, and I had to settle for a Rowan ‘propcontrol’ built under licence from Kraft. In 1971, I was finally able to purchase an original Kraft ‘Series Seventy-One’ system at a relatively favourable price from an American military doctor friend of mine who was stationed here. I remained loyal to the Kraft brand for many years and in 1977 I purchased what was then the ultimate remote control, a ‘Kraft Signature Series’.
However, through my competitive flying, I came into contact with the Graupner company and around 1980 I was sponsored with a very reliable Graupner Varioprop.
Sometime in the mid-80s, I came across an old Kraft Gold Medal brochure and had the idea of getting hold of one of these old systems second-hand. But that wasn’t so easy, as there was no internet or eBay and the system wasn’t available in Germany. So I placed an ad in the American magazine ‘RCModeler’ and eventually got my Gold Medal. Gradually, other systems from Kraft and various American manufacturers were added.
Of course, the systems from German manufacturers are also particularly interesting. My friends Gerhard Seubert and Walter Mischka came to my aid here, providing me with Graupner systems such as Standard 20, Bellaphon 3 and 10-channel remote controls and TX-14/RX-14 for the Graupner page, as well as OMU, RIM and Stegmaier devices for the recordings.
Gradually, remote control systems from other German manufacturers were added.
Many pages are only complete thanks to the pictures of Volker Friederich’s systems. These pictures are marked with ‘Picture: VF’.
I would like to present this collection on the following pages.
Of course, it is far from complete and perhaps the systems are not always described correctly. However, I am grateful for any suggestions.
If you have any questions or suggestions, or if you would like to offer me an old system for sale, please send me an email to the address below.

Karlheinz Schmid
My email: karlheinz.schmid@arcor.de