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THE PAIRADOX

My first published article was the Scamper Jr. Free Flight pusher that appeared in the October 1971 issue of Model Airplane News. I thought it might be fun to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that monumental event in my life with a follow up design, in the same somewhat not-so-mainstream vein. A lot of models have come and gone over the years, but I’m still in search of new modeling challenges, and doing a rubber powered free flight twin seemed like it might just fit that description.

Scale has always been at the top of my modeling list, but with free flight, particularly in uncharted territory, I thought it wise to keep it simple. Enter the Pairadox!

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