MVVS Australia
MVVS Australia is a Distributor and a Wholesaler of MVVS products and as such, does not sell directly to the public. MVVS products are sold by retail stores in your state, however MVVS Australia operates Service Centres in New South Wales and Western Australia, should service or Technical Support be required.History of MVVS
The Modelling Research and Development Centre (MVVS) was established
on 15 October 1953 on the basis of a government ruling. Much of the
credit for this must go to Zdenek Husicka - world record holder, pioneer
and doyen of Czech modelling. The centre's mission was to ensure the
competitiveness of Czechoslovak modelling on the international stage,
thereby aiding communist propaganda.
An excellent team of enthusiasts was put together at once and the
first international successes came in 1954. J. Sladky, one of the
engineers at the centre, was overall winner at the world championship
for picketed models in Paris in 1955, beginning a golden era for the
MVVS, which won many world titles in
speed and acrobatic flying. Its 1.5 to 10 cc engines were particularly
impressive at this time, with the MVVS 2.5 R (2 world championship
titles) and MVVS 5.6 A (3 world championship titles) becoming legendary.
The MVVS also developed the Vltavan engines, production of which was
later moved to Prague.
In 1971 the state began to run short of money and the MVVS was
incorporated into the state concern Modela in Prague and its name
changed to the Modelling Production and Development Centre. In spite of
the limited development opportunities open to the centre, the Malina
brothers achieved a considerable success - the title of world champions
in class F3D - pylon circuit races. The centre's production programme
took in 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 and 6.5 cc commercial engines and, from 1988, a 10
cc engine.
Private Enterprise
The firm was privatised in 1991, becoming a limited liability
Company. At first it achieved some success in the German market and in
the USA with new export opportunities. Around half of its production was
taken by domestic customers. The company's product range expanded in the
nineteen nineties to include 4.2 (combat), 4.6, 7.5, 8.0, 12.7 and 15 cc
engines, developed by modifications to existing models, and completely
new 20 and 25 cc engines, which were, however, produced for only a short
time. A 23.6 cc twin cylinder and the company's first petrol engines (26
and 35 cc) proved more successful, and are still in production today.
Negligible investment in technology in the nineties was reflected in a
decline in quality and commercial stagnation, and the company was sold
in 2001.
The change in ownership brought a new team to the company, which
endeavoured to revive the good name of the brand. A strategy of gradual
modernisation of technology and products was implemented, and a
development base created. All the engines in the production programme at
the beginning of 2001 were modernised and all important production
operations transferred to new CNC machines. The number of components
bought in was reduced in favour of own production on new and more
precise machines to improve the quality of the final products. A
completely new 58 cc petrol engine was also developed, the properties
and design of which make it the best engine in its class and the basis
for a new series of MVVS products.
** Text Courtesy of MVVS **
