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In article <9210141944.AA16333@spot.src.honeywell.com>, stauffer@src.honeywell.com (Don Stauffer) writes...
>   Several magazines feature ads for small businesses that cater to this
>market.  I would recommend Model Aviation and Flying Models.  I am at work,
>but let me think.  One place is called something like Indoor Model Supplies.
>I just cannot think of the names, though I should. Yes, there are several
>good books.  My local library has one.  Same suppliers usually carry the
>books.  Look for small ads featuring rubber powered stuff (I forgot to
>mention that they are rubber powered).  Sterling made a number of kits for
>Peanut scale, and local hobby stores here still have those kits, plus a few
>other brands of kits.  The Sterling kits were not the best, but the name is
>more widely known among hobby store proprietors, so the Sterling kits may
>be easier to find.
> 

Hey, I use to build those Sterling balsa kits!  I only built two as I recall.
One was the Hawker Hurricane and the other was some semi-scale piper cub
thing (was this Guillows?).  I think they were peanut scale.  Their wingspan 
were no more than 13" (at least I think it was).  

Anyways, both are gone (actually, crushed by some boxes of books).  No matter,
I'll just run down to the store and buy the kits.  As I recall, these boxes
don't actually say "Peanut Scale" or do they?

>   An interesting feature of Peanut scale competition is that since the 
>models are so easy to ship in ready to fly form, there are mail type contests!
>The host club provide proxy flyers who do their best to get the most out of
>your model.  They then send model back to you.
> 
>   Suggest if you haven't flown rubber models for a few years, (or ever) try
>out a non-scale medium size model to get back your building and trimming
>skills.  A little bit of a wing warp in a 13 inch model can make for some
>pretty drastic flight characteristics!  Incidently, Peanut is a recognized
>competition catagory of the AMA.

> 
>PS I will bring a model magazine in tomorrow and list some more of the 
>sources.

Yeah, I'd like more info please.

Oliver
st1ec@rosie.uh.edu