Curare 60 E

I've long admired the Phil F and Jon T examples of the Curare when I've seen them up at the field. I always thought although very pretty and looking great in the air were a tad expensive as an ARTF kit.

In case you are unaware of this classic model, it was designed and flown in the 70s and 80s to great effect by Hanno Prettner, an Austrian modeller and F3a competition champion many times over. He amassed many F3a competition victories over a period of more than 10 years with his Curare model aircraft.

I noticed an unstarted kit for sale in the BMFA Classifieds a couple of weeks ago but called too late, it had sold.
So I decided to advertise that I wished to buy an unstarted Curare 60 ARTF kit on the BMFA Classifieds last week.
I had one reply from a chap in the midlands. Negotiations commenced and were completed at a price I thought was sensible, and lo and behold, it's arrived!
As a bonus, a brand new set of Jetcraft tricycle retracts complete with legs and wheels were included in the box, which I hadn't expected to be included in the deal ( I now have a set of Tricycle Eflite 60-120 retracts that I had already acquired at a good price spare! I'll save them for another day)

I already have a set of Savox servos, 80 amp ESC and then I managed to acquire an Extreme Flight 60 size motor which I wanted to use but we're difficult to locate

So, here we go!
Phil F has assembled two of these models and has agreed to guide me when I struggle to see how it goes together.

What a change it's going to be from cleaning/polishing cars and tackling chores that Mrs O keeps coming up with.
Simon O

That's your weekend sorted then

And some!

Nice one Simon, really must get mine back in the, air once this madness is over!

You're lucky to have the retracts included. These alone are worth about £130 - that's what I paid for mine about 4 years ago.

Great deal there Simon - Look forward to following the build thread.

Colin.

Aha! He has finally gone public with his next project - I was wondering whether to prod him to do so soon. Not only that when it appears suddenly at the field saves a lot of questions.....:lol: Anyway, jammy git for finding that bargain. You can buy the Curare complete with retracts, motor, esc, etc but it will set you back nearly 990 Euros. :whistle:

Hi Simon

I dug out the original review I did for RCMW, which is the original reason I got hold of the Curare. Hopefully you'll find these copies helpful

Parts 3 and 4, had to split it down due to site upload limits

Jon, that's extremely kind of you. Thank you very much for those. I've looked at loads on the Internet forums and YouTube but its all a bit wish washy, if you know what I mean. That's brilliant!
Cheers
Simon