In 1974, Bill Bennett, president of the Circus Circus Group in Las Vegas, launched the very first competition between the […]
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Komet Version 2026, flown by Richard Schwab
Classicpattern.com presents: Richard Schwab flies Classicpattern`s new ARF Komet 2026 Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support Independent […]
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OPS Speed 60 1977
Over the past few years, the Italian OPS firm has enjoyed steadily increasing success in the .60 cu.in. speed engine […]
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Review Kraft 61 R/C
KRAFT SYSTEMS Inc. of Vista, California, are widely known as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of model radio control […]
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Munich F3A stories
From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, the IFM Munich model flying club had some very active young members. In […]
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2nd TOC, Tournament of Champions 1975
Here is the report from the 2nd TOC (Tournament of Champions), which took place in Las Vegas (USA) in 1975. […]
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Mephisto
Harald Neckar, multiple Bavarian and German champion in model aerobatics in the 1970s, qualified for the first time in 1973 […]
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Wolfgang Kosches Kogi
Today I present you the aerobatic model of the German F3A Aerobatic Champion 1972 Wolfgang Kosche. The model was called […]
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8th TOC, Tournament of Champions 1984
The year is 1984. Bill Bennet had called again. For the eighth time, the Tournament of Champions was held in […]
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Guenter Hoppe`s Sultan 5
Guenter Hoppe qualified for his second F3A World Championship in Springfield in 1977. To do so, he needed a new […]
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Dick van Mourik’s enlarged Mäxi
In recent years, I have enjoyed the process of successfully converting several “old-school” designs into the 21st century. However, it […]
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Marabu Trainer
Finally, I present the Giezendanners’ aerobatic trainer design. There are two aircrafts in this new replica series: one is flown […]
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Hanno Prettner`s Super Sicroly II
Austrian Gerald Zikulnig is an enthusiastic model builder and especially a convinced Hanno Prettner fan. He now owns several Prettner […]
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Kaos construction report
Years ago, our flying colleague Toni Bäuerle discovered the KAOS from the American Joe Bridi. No sooner said than done, […]
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8, F3A WC 1973 Italia
We already published the report on this world championship some time ago. In the meantime, we have received many more […]
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2, RC1 WC 1962 United Kingdom
How does one begin to express the wonderful experience of the 1962 World Radio Control Championship, held at R.A.F. Kenley […]
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18th F3A World Championship Austria 1993
In 1993 the F3A World Championship took place in Nötsch/Austria. Nötsch is located in the province of Carinthia. The Helicopter […]
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9, F3A WC 1975 Switzerland
Aerobatic R/C Airplane World Championships BERN, 8.-13.Sept. 1975, THE World Radio Control Championships for aerobatic model aircraft came home for the […]
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1st RC1 World Championship 1960 Switzerland
We have revised and updated the report on the first World Aerobatic Championships in 1960 / Dübendorf. Our photos have […]
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14th F3A World Championship 1985 Netherlands
Here is the report of the 14th F3A RC Aerobatic World Championship in Flevohof / Netherlands. Ernst Peter Kattelmann was […]
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7, F3A WC 1971 USA
World Aerobatic Championships, USA 1971, a report by the well-known German RC author Erich Rabe at the time. I remember […]
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FAI World Championships Reports
The World Aerobatic Championships have been held since 1960, organized by the FAI, Model Flying Section. Thanks to our consistent, […]