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Model aviation · Europe · Fundraising

Wings for MS

We use our passion for large-scale model aviation to create attention and raise money for MS research. Thanks to main sponsor ManageEngine, our tow combination can fly across Europe from 2027.

Donate to MS Back our season
Proudly supported byManageEngineMain sponsor
Wings for MS — Z-37 Čmelák & Schweizer
100%build funded
2027first European season
5cylinders available
Next phase

The build is funded ✓

Thanks to ManageEngine and our other partners we can finish the Čmelák and get her ready for 2027.

Now the next phase begins
Flying for MS.
The Z-37 Čmelák towing the Schweizer glider
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Aircraft sortedSchweizer ready, Čmelák funded
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Build and preparation2026
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Europe tourfrom 2027

Two ways to help Wings for MS.

Donate directly to MS research, or help us take the campaign across Europe. The two are kept strictly apart.

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Donate to MS

Want to support MS research? Donate through our campaign page at the Nationaal MS Fonds. The money goes straight to them; not a euro passes through our account.

Donate to MS
Nationaal MS Fonds Goes straight to the charity
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Adopt a cylinder

Want to help us reach Europe? For €500 you adopt one of the five cylinders of the radial engine, with your name on the cowling. That money covers stand material, transport, printing and other campaign costs.

See the cylinders
Why Wings for MS

A personal reason to make every flight count.

Wings for MS combines my passion for large-scale model aircraft with a cause that is very close to home. My wife lives with multiple sclerosis, and that makes the need for better treatments and continued research deeply personal.

The plan is to take a matching scale tow combination — a Schweizer glider and a Z-37 Čmelák tow plane — to model aviation shows and flying events across Europe. At every event we can create attention for MS, point people to the charity and give sponsors a visible place in a positive, memorable project.

Sven Enkhuizen, the Netherlands · founder of Wings for MS
Nico marking out the cockpit opening on the Schweizer fuselage.
Nico marking out the cockpit opening on the Schweizer fuselage.
The builders
Building the Čmelák — for nothing

Nico Koning is building the tow plane.

The Čmelák is being built by Nico Koning. It will take him months, and he is not charging a cent for it.

Nico was already closely involved in building the Schweizer. In the photograph he is marking out the cockpit opening on the fuselage. He is most at home with complicated problems he can solve in his own workshop, in balsa, other woods or epoxy.

His hours are not in the counter and not in the ledger, because no money changes hands. But without him this project would be standing still.

Piet van Paasen with the transmitter at the flying field
Building the landing gear

Piet van Paasen

The Čmelák’s landing gear is a chapter of its own: a tow plane this size comes down hard, and the gear has to absorb that time after time. Piet van Paasen is taking that on. Exactly the kind of awkward engineering problem he enjoys.

The mission

Build. Fly. Inspire. Fundraise.

The project has two goals: create a distinctive scale flying team for European events, and use that visibility to help raise money for MS research. The team has already grown to three people — and we are ready to turn the plan into a flying campaign.

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Schweizer ready

After nearly two years of work, the large-scale Schweizer is complete and ready to represent Wings for MS.

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Čmelák funded

The budget is complete. Radial engine, electronics, finishing and event equipment are covered; Nico Koning is building the aircraft.

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Team ready

Three people are now behind the mission, preparing the aircraft, events, partnerships and the fundraising campaign.

Project funding

The build is funded.

Goal: airborne by March 2027

The budget for the Čmelák is complete. Six partners contributed in cash and in kind, and main sponsor ManageEngine made the final and largest part possible. Below is where the money goes.

Airframe materials (fuselage, wings, wood, glass, resin)Covered by Hobby4Life €2,750
Radial engine & exhaust€5,000
Servos, power system & electronics€2,000
Finishing, scale details & graphics€1,500
Event material & transport preparation€1,500

Sponsorship in kind counts in full. Hobby4Life covered the airframe materials, RC-Europe the kit and all the laser cutting, PowerBox-Systems the iGyro and uniLIGHT.at the lighting. The same applies to the season ahead: lettering, printing, a tent or transport help just as much as cash.

Build budget
Funded
fully covered
100% Sponsorship phase closed
Confirmed partners
  • ManageEngine
  • Hobby4Life
  • NL-Jobs Holland B.V.
  • Dalmulder & Partners
  • RC-Europe
  • PowerBox-Systems
  • uniLIGHT.at
  • Fiala Prop
  • MOBU Motors
  • CHASERVO
  • Kampeerhal Roden
  • AUFWIND
  • TorqueAir
Main sponsor
Full aircraft livery

ManageEngine leads the way.

ManageEngine made the final piece of the build possible and is the main sponsor of Wings for MS. At their request we do not publish the amount.

In return they get the most visible thing this project has to offer: the Čmelák will be finished in their livery. One aircraft, one identity, travelling with us all season, on every field and in every photograph.

ManageEngine Main sponsor
Back the season

Adopt a cylinder.

The build is paid for, but a season of flying across Europe is not. Pitch fees, entry fees, the tent, trailer transport, printing and the donation board all cost money. That is what the five radial cylinders are for — a Fiala FM 250 R5, five cylinders, 250 cc. €500 per cylinder, your name in scale lettering on the cowling, for as long as the aircraft flies.

5 still available · of 5 cylinders · €500
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Your name here
Available
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Your name here
Available
3
Your name here
Available
4
Your name here
Available
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Your name here
Available
Claim a cylinder

Every euro of cylinder money and every expense appears in the open ledger below. Our own flying and travel costs are paid by us and never come out of this.

Partners

What is still open.

The build is paid for. Two things still help for the season ahead: the five cylinders above, and contributions in kind for the events.

What we still need for the season

Lettering, printing, a tent, transport and material for the stand. Often the easiest contribution a company can make, and every euro we do not spend stays available for the campaign. Everyone who joins in goes on the sponsor board at the tent, on this page and in the open ledger.

  • Lettering & vinyl
  • Printing & banners
  • Event tent
  • Transport
  • Materials
  • Workshop hours
  • Photography
Our partners

Thirteen partners on board.

Thirteen partners make Wings for MS possible and travel with us all season — on the aircraft, on every field, in every photo and in every report that follows.

Main sponsor ManageEngine Hobby4Life Dalmulder & Partners Financiële dienstverlening B.V. NL-Jobs Holland B.V. RC-Europe kit and laser cutting PowerBox-Systems uniLIGHT.at CHASERVO Kampeerhal Roden AUFWIND
TorqueAir
Fiala Prop MOBU Motors
Your logo here
Transparency

The open books.

We are a private initiative, not a foundation. That makes it doubly important to show exactly what comes in and what it is spent on. The build phase is closed and fully funded; from here we track the contributions and costs of the season.

Date Description In Out
01-09-2026 Hobby4Life — airframe materials
Contribution in kind, valued at market value		 + €2,750 —
01-09-2026 RC-Europe — kit and laser cutting
Contribution in kind, valued at market value		 + €849 —
02-09-2026 PowerBox-Systems GmbH — iGyro SAT II
Contribution in kind, valued at market value		 + €91.60 —
03-09-2026 Dalmulder & Partners — cash sponsorship
Cash sponsorship		 + €150 —
09-09-2026 NL-Jobs Holland B.V. — cash sponsorship
Cash sponsorship		 + €1,000 —
17-09-2026 Nico Koning — building the Čmelák
Months of build work, given for nothing. Not valued in money and not counted in the total.		 — —
18-09-2026 uniLIGHT.at — lighting set for the Čmelák
Contribution in kind, valued at market value		 + €76.02 —
20-09-2026 ManageEngine — main sponsor, completing the build
Amount not disclosed, at the sponsor’s request		 — —
28-09-2026 CHASERVO (Akatja GmbH) — 13 HV4613 servos
Contribution in kind, valued at market value		 + €551.85 —
28-09-2026 Kampeerhal Roden — tent for the event season
Contribution in kind; value to be agreed with the sponsor		 — —
29-09-2026 AUFWIND and TorqueAir — media partners
Advance feature in both magazines plus printing and insertion of the flyer, free of charge		 — —
30-09-2026 Fiala Prop s.r.o. — contribution to the engine setup
FM 250 R5 radial with electric starter, exhaust system, fuel pump and matching propeller. Contribution in kind; the terms are confidential at the sponsor’s request.		 — —
05-10-2026 MOBU Motors — oil and servicing for the radial engine
Contribution in kind for the season; value to be agreed with the sponsor		 — —

Our own flying and travel costs are paid by us. Cylinder contributions are earmarked for campaign costs at events — pitch and entry fees, the tent, transport, printing and the donation board — and every one of those expenses appears in this table. Donations to MS do not appear here at all, because they never reach our account.

Roadmap

From first aircraft to a European MS campaign.

The funding is complete and donating is already open. The build is under way, then we set up the event kit, and in 2027 we go on the road.

Phase 1 · Complete

Schweizer ready to fly

Nearly two years of building completed. The first Wings for MS aircraft is ready.

Ready
Phase 2 · Complete

Funding complete

Seven partners in cash and in kind, with ManageEngine as main sponsor. The build budget is fully covered.

Complete
Phase 3 · Now

Building the Čmelák

Nico Koning is building the tow plane: radial engine, electronics, finishing and the livery in our main sponsor’s colours.

In progress
Phase 4 · Next

Set up the event kit

Tent, sponsor board, donation board with QR code, transport and presentation material, so we can set up on any field straight away.

Next
Phase 5 · 2027

European events

Taking the complete tow combination to shows and flying events across Europe, with the result of every event published here.

Goal
Why a model aircraft can raise money

A hobby can become a platform for something bigger.

Model aviation has been our way to spend weekends for many years. When MS became part of our lives, it also became a way to do something rather than simply wait: use a passion we already have to create attention, conversations and support.

MS is a disease of the nervous system. Its course is different for everyone, and there is still no cure. Research is what keeps progress moving — but research needs funding, time and people who keep pushing forward.

Research does not happen by itself. It takes money, time and people who keep searching.

That is why the Schweizer and the Z-37 Čmelák are being turned into a travelling Wings for MS platform. At events, the aircraft become the reason people stop, look and ask what Wings for MS is about.

The build is a means, not the goal. The goal is research, and the money for it goes straight to a recognised MS charity while the team covers its own flying and operating costs.

Get involved

Want to become part of Wings for MS?

Become a sponsor

Support the build or the event season and get visibility on the aircraft, this website, event material and our social channels. Ask for the one-page sponsor sheet and we will send it straight back.

sponsor@wings4ms.org

Invite us to an event

Organising a model aviation show, aerotow meeting or club event in Europe? Get in touch and tell us about it.

events@wings4ms.org

Rather talk it through?

Call or send a message. For companies weighing up a sponsorship, a five-minute conversation usually answers more than any email can.

Sven · +31 6 22 74 13 55