Photo by Karlheinz Gatschnig, www.kgh.at The vintage F3A meet Rosentalpokal is flown using models from around 1975, in Carinthia, Austria. Karlheinz Gatschnig was there and took some wonderful photos. The event was also covered by FMT magazine and in Prop.at issue 3/2014 (PDF) Notice the big Dalotel pictured. It is a prototype of an ARF […]
Tag: Hanno Prettner
Supra Fly 25 resurrection
I built an old Supra Fly 25 from the OK model kit in 2002, flew it with an O.S 40 LA, and stored it away when the engine was sold. I came upon a new-in-box O.S 32 SX engine in the summer of 2013, and I put two and two together, literally. What a match! […]
Curare update
The 2013 contest winning Curare ARF was badly treated. In order to win, I practiced intensely two days before the contest and ignored signs of worn bearings. The engine quit and I landed nose first into tall grass. Broken header, bad bearings, broken nose gear. With no time to spare I managed to patch the […]
Curare wins F3A retro contest
The Curare Trio: Me on the left with my Schweighofer Curare ARF (glow), Ingmar Svensson (middle, third place) with his scratchbuilt Curare, and Ola Maltesson on the right (5th place) with his new Schweighofer electric Curare. The Swedish/Norwegian border cup is back, and our Swedish neighbours hosted a three day F3A event at Lilla Anrås […]
Hanno Prettner Curare ARF part 3
The final part of the build is the engine and pipe setup. This is usually time consuming with a lot of alignment, but I found that not to be the case here. One evening, and you’re done! The firewall and tank area is 100 % ready from the factory, fully fuelproofed. Even the blind nuts […]
Hanno Prettner Curare Part 2
This is part 2 of a field and bench review. In part 1, we installed the main gear, ailerons, and joined the wing halves. When the wing halves are joined, we move on to the flaps. The instructions are different for electric and glow power – for electric power, the flap servo is to be […]
Hannos big planes part 3
In the late 1990’s Hanno built and flew the most advanced show plane in the series, the Sensation 2000.The plane is still kitted by his old friend Yoshioka at Yoshioka Model Factory in Japan.Shown here at a 5000+ spectator air pageant in Japan, Hanno flew his Sensation with some of his old friends from the […]
Hannos big planes part 2
In the EZ/O.S. engine years of his career Hanno Prettner produced a number of show planes based on his experience with F3A models and the big Supra Fly.The big Supra Star shown in the picture above was powered by the new O.S. 35cc BG-X engine which was a powerhouse of unprecedented proportions in the 1980’s. […]
Hannos big planes part 1
While Hanno is primarily known for his performances in F3A back in the days when .60 engines were the rule, he also flew in the TOC (Tournament of Champions) in Las Vegas, winning everything there was to win for years on end. Attempts to alter the rules to allow others to win failed, he kept […]
Those were the days
Hanno with his Curare at the TOC in Vegas, some time in the late ’70’s… Gotta love the carpeting.