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Designed for the Jimmie Allen Special (or any sport plane with a 1″ diameter wheel), this laser cut kit contains parts for two wheels, two wheel pants, two exhaust stacks, and instructions.

The Jimmie Allen Special did not come with wheel pants, but the plane design qualifies for Embryo class (less than 50 sq in wing area, fuselage contains a 1.25″x1.5″x3″ volume). To get maximum bonus points in Embryo, you need wheel pants and exhaust, in addition to the open cockpit.

The pants design reflects the art deco style of the landing gear covers.

This adds only about 1 gram to your model – AND – it adds it at the longest lever arm in front of the CG. This can possibly help your model by allowing the wing moved forward slightly to create a longer tail moment (more stability).

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As most of you are aware, Mr Bob Gourdon of Superior Props has been slipping in the fulfillment of orders for his Superior Props due to health reasons.  After much consideration, gentle prodding from fellow modelers, and a trip from Michigan to southern Louisiana, we have decided to purchase Mr Gourdon’s entire business and inventory and move it north.

The first stop for the business will be to Central Ohio.  As I am not yet retired and cannot devote enough time to making props, my father has agreed to partner with me and run the manufacturing for a time.  He is a retired Master Toolmaker and a Cabinetmaker before that, so he has all of the technical knowledge to step right in and operate the vast array of machines that it takes to make the props and the accessories that Mr. Gourdon produced and you all have come to enjoy.

Our plan is to have this operational by the end of the calendar year or in January.  This will take quite a bit of time and logistics – and cash.  We will be heading back down to Louisiana for at least one more several-day trip to learn the manufacturing processes and to haul the load of machines and stock back north.

We also would like to ask for help from you – the Free Flight Community.  Taking a page from modern day technology projects and even movie-making, we are asking the community to help us get this off the ground.  On the Shorty’s Basement website (http://www.volareproducts.com/BUY/), I have set up several contribution options that generous contributors may consider.

Here are the three things that I ask of you as you read this:  1- read the attached document, 2- forward this message (with the attachment) to as many of your fellow modelers as you can, and 3- consider a contribution, even a small one will help.  I am not a member of all mailing lists, so hit those, too.  Help be a part of saving wooden propellers for all modelers!

ATTACHMENT:  http://www.volareproducts.com/files/SuperiorProps.pdf

Thank you!

–george

It’s been about a year since I ran out of material for Blast Tubes.  Now I have sourced a better type of tubing.  We are back to the original thin-wall (0.012″) tubing which makes the product lighter and more flexible.

I have added reflective tape to both ends of each tube.  And, of course, the extraction hooks still come with yarn.  Both of these details increase visibility or the items when they are laying in the grass at the flying field!

The set of 3 is comprised of tubes of the following dimensions:  13/16″ diameter x 20″ long, 9/16″ diameter x 16″ long, and 7/16″ diameter x 12″ long.  These are general sizes meant to fit a wide variety of model planes.

If, however, you have need for exacting dimensions, I can offer custom length Blast Tubes.  These are available in the 13/16″ diameter and the 9/16″ diameter up to 36″ long.

Find these under “Accessories/Miscellaneous” or “Rubber…/Winders…”

set of three Blast Tubes