{"id":2981,"date":"2017-10-05T13:17:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T17:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/blog\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2017-10-05T13:17:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T17:17:34","slug":"blue-ridge-special-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/blue-ridge-special-available-now\/","title":{"rendered":"BLUE RIDGE SPECIAL &#8211; available now*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I took over this business in 2012, there has been a continual demand for the Blue Ridge Special.\u00a0 Why do people want them?\u00a0 Because they are quick to build and they fly like stink!\u00a0 You might have seen my recent video showing how high it climbs on minimal turns (I&#8217;ve posted the video at the bottom). Unfortunately, the most recent kit went out of production and I only ever sold a few, even though people wanted them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2982\" src=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit-768x664.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This summer, I came to an agreement with the previous owner of the kit.\u00a0 <u>I now have the rights to Phil Hartman&#8217;s Blue Ridge Special<\/u>.\u00a0 I have developed a set of laser-cut pieces for the kit based on the work the past owners did.\u00a0 And I am happy to say I will be offering this plane in FULL kits and SHORT kits.<\/p>\n<p>TODAY &#8211; the Short kit is available for purchase.\u00a0 The short kit contains the original plans, original notes, supplementary short kit notes, laser-cut wood, and <u>two propellers<\/u>.\u00a0 TWO propellers because, as I laid out the wood, I realized that I could supply enough material for TWO airplanes!\u00a0 The full kit will be the same way &#8211; enough for two planes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2983\" src=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit01-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BRSkit01-768x262.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, since I know clubs want to buy several of these, I have built in a 10% discount for purchases of 10 or more.\u00a0 And &#8211; I can provide an additional discount for School Projects.\u00a0 (I am sending 10 short kits out to Maryland today for a school!)<\/p>\n<p>You can find the Short Kit <a href=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/blog\/BUY\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=2_18&amp;products_id=1096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIGHT HERE<\/a> for $10.\u00a0 I will have the Full Kit available as soon as I get all of the material collected to start packaging.\u00a0 It will be $20 for the Full Kit (enough material for TWO planes).<\/p>\n<p><em>P.S. this is now a Provisional One-Design Event in the Flying Aces Club (much like the Phantom Flash)\u00a0 and eligible for a Kanone!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blue Ridge Special Test Flight\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xy8HjjUE5RA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I took over this business in 2012, there has been a continual demand for the Blue Ridge Special.\u00a0 Why do people want them?\u00a0 Because they are quick to build and they fly like stink!\u00a0 You might have seen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/blue-ridge-special-available-now\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}