Here’s a short sequence showing some of the planes of the day. In 2005 I still flew the Calypso in the Nordic schedule. In the video you can see an Impulse, Temptation, Synergy 50 and many more.
Topic: Calypso
Retro video: Jarlsberg Cup 2005
January 23, 2010 – 22:27
OS 61 FX nostalgia
August 20, 2009 – 07:00
I sold the F3A Calypso and I had to run the engine just one last time. Freshly overhauled and with new bearings, it runs like nothing else matters. Beautiful. Love O.S.!
PS – I know I’m an idiot for holding the camera crooked AND holding the camera in the propwash at full throttle…
Calypso build thread on RC Universe
February 26, 2007 – 14:15
Rajoo from Singapore is building one of the finest ARC kits of all time, the Modeltech Calypso. Follow the build of Hanno Prettners classic on RC universe
Calypso and Sky Star 90 pictures
January 18, 2007 – 12:49
More photos added to Flickr, there’s a big batch of build pictures from the MK Sky Star 90 with comments and a series of images of the Hanno Prettner designed ModelTech Calypso.
My Planes: Calypso rebuild
January 15, 2007 – 13:56
The undercarriage proved to be very weak so I re-opened the mounts in the wing and installed fixed piano wire gear. This has been very successful.
A pipe and header was also installed and gave the plane the performance it needed. It now has almost unlimited vertical performance and the engine never quits even in extreme G conditions.
My planes: Hanno Prettner Calypso
January 15, 2007 – 13:45
I’m gradually converting the old content from my old website.
First in line is the Hanno Prettner Calypso made by ModelTech:
Hanno got it right. This is the mother of all current pattern ships, originally laughed at as being a trainer, Hanno Prettner won the 1983 Championships in Pensacola Florida with this “trainer” using a Super Tigre engine and flying procedure turns when everyone else was doing cuban 8’s.
The Calypso is one of my best flying planes ever. It can fly rock steady in extreme winds and it locks on to a heading in a way that appeals to my flying style. It must be flown fast and smooth and it does so mostly on it’s own, I just tell it where to go and it does so in style. My best scores to date has been achieved flying this beauty.
Completed in winter 2002 and lovingly cared for ever since. Rebuilt undercarriage and fitted with pipe in 2003. Currently undergoing a bearing change. The engine committed suicide when shedding prop, spinner, propnut, driver washer AND front bearing in flight!
More pictures will be added to Flickr shortly
More pictures will be added to Flickr shortly
| Engine: | O.S 61 FX – non pumped! |
|---|---|
| Header: | Just Engines |
| Pipe | Just Engines Purple Pipe (Hatori 650 repclia) |
| Servos | Standard Hitec and Graupner Servos, HS300, HS422 and some other very old servos that really need a break… |
| Finish | Monokote |
| Wings | Foam/balsa |
| Fuselage | balsa and ply |
| U/C | Fixed, piano wire |
| Weight | 3500+ grams |
| Wingspan | 170 |
| Prop | APC 12×10 |