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Category Archives: Products
Pondering Peanut Power and Propellers
I’ve been building Rubber-Powered Free Flight Peanuts for just about 40 years. I imagine that I have built 50 or more Peanuts. And yet, I still am looking for better performance. Where can we find those last little bits of … Continue reading
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POW! Peanut Performance! The Bede BD-4.
I flew my Peanut Bede BD-4 yesterday and was surprised/impressed/shocked by the results. Photos and video below. I did something that I do not usually do: I released this short kit at the very end of December without my “obligatory” … Continue reading
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Starting 2023 off the right way!
2022 is over and now we are on to 2023. I almost forgot my traditional New Years Day flight in my back yard, but I got the flight logged in the late afternoon. But this is about a new model! … Continue reading
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Ending 2022 with Spartan, Fike, and Bede!
With 2022 coming to an end, I finalized some kits that I’ve been working on and here are the results: Archie Adamisin’s recreation of the old Comet Kit for the Dime Scale Spartan C-3 Biplane. Someone on Facebook asked if … Continue reading
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Three New Short Kits!
Coming out of the Cloudbusters’ Indoor contest last Thursday (08 Dec), I had three successful new models! My Floyd Bean NoCal had proven itself before, but it won the NoCal races, beating three Folkerts SK-2 and a Hosler Fury (all … Continue reading
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Peanut Canopies and “Scale” Props – Now AVAILABLE!!!
Now available: Peanut “Scale” Propellers and Canopies! Canopies: I’ve decided to no longer “limit” my production of canopies. When I started, I was afraid of inconsistent results due to base materials. I have now worked a process that produces good … Continue reading
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New Products and Estate Items!
What happens when you drag your feet for a few years? Well, you find that you have quite a collection of Tools from various estates that you have neglected to offer to your customers. Today I took some time and … Continue reading
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Indoor Fun – 10 November 2022
The Cloudbusters held their November Indoor contest yesterday so I drove the 135 miles (2+ hours) one way to go have four hours of fun. (For those of you that complain about no where local to fly, I think this … Continue reading
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“Woohoo!” or “Ugh”??? Indoor NoCal Testing
Oh, the travails or Indoor FAC Free Flight. Last Thursday (13 Oct 2022), I headed northeast to Pontiac, Michigan to our (the Cloudbusters) first Indoor contest of the year. We had a light turnout, so most of the day was … Continue reading
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New Short Kit – the Peanut Aircraft Designs Stallion
If you can’t wait, you can find the Short Kit HERE. Download printed tissue template for this color scheme HERE. Scroll down for the rest of the story (and a test flight video!)… The Aircraft Designs “Stallion” has been a … Continue reading
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