Category Archives: Products

Products Removed – Temporary?

Due to the nature of the very-small-businesses that provide our hobby, I have had to remove some products from my catalog.  My hope is that this is temporary.  The following have been removed due to supply and or/production issues with … Continue reading

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The Peanut Factory

Everyone loves Peanuts (unless you’re allergic). Here is my latest. The Bellanca Aries T-250 – a rare model from the ’70s.  Cloudbuster Chris Boehm built one several years ago from the Walt Mooney plan.  We talked and he wants a … Continue reading

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A New Embryo and Other Progress

A New Embryo:  Over the last week or so, I’ve been working on a new Embryo design.  This one is based on the Tom Nallen Durham Mystery.  My flying buddy, Winn Moore, told me to extend the fuselage.  He had … Continue reading

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Off to the Nats – Geneseo, then Muncie

Tuesday, I leave for the Flying Aces Club Nats in Geneseo, NY.  If you like Scale Rubber Powered Free Flight, then you need to get yourself there at some point.  It’s three days of flying and cameraderie with literally thousands … Continue reading

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Peanut HiMax – Complete and Flying

As I mentioned elsewhere, the T.E.A.M. HiMax homebuilt ultralight has been a favorite subject of mine. So much so, that I have heard these words from my son Jack’s mouth: “not another HiMax – ugh!” I initially did a Peanut … Continue reading

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Cessna C-34 – FAC Racing Eligibility

The Thompson Race in the Flying Aces Club is for pre-war racers with radial engines.  Think:  GeeBees, Wedell-Williams, Laird Super Solution, Laird-Turner, Cessna CR-2 and CR-3.  Back over 20 years ago, there were restrictions against “factory” racers – or any … Continue reading

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Contest Report – 2018 McCook @ Muncie

For me, this was a welcome outing to Muncie – it really felt like it was my first outdoor contest of the year.  It was actually only the second since I missed the May Cloudbusters meet due to attending the … Continue reading

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Scale Research – A Cautionary Tale – the Lacey M-10/M-13

I volunteered to manage the Flying Aces Club events at the 2018 AMA Indoor Nationals in Rantoul, IL. As a result, John Koptonak and I were the scale judges. We judged entries from four contestants, ourselves included. Little did I … Continue reading

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Surprised by Out-of-the-Box Thinking in Embryo – with plan download!

For many years, I have had an Embryo “design” floating around in my head.  Basically, I wanted to create a pod-and-boom-type of model.  I remember years ago drawing up (as in pencil and paper!) something I called “the Green Monster”, … Continue reading

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New Product – Go-Devil Embryo Short Kit

I have had this one ready for a long time and I am excited to release it.  This a contest-winning design by the legendary Herb Kothe.  Herb has been flying and winning all varieties of Free Flight since the mid … Continue reading

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