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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
recently found out that Randy Johnson, a control-line legend, former North
America Bolly distributor and owner of Aeroproducts, made arrangements with Bob
McDonald, another legendary control-liner to produce clones of the Bolly carbon
fiber landing gear that went off the market last year. Bob doesn’t live
too far from me so I went over to see what he’s got going on. He showed me
a set of F3A Electric that are identical to the originals. They’re laid
up the same with the same combination of carbon cloth and tow that result in a
gear with just the right blend of stiffness and flex. These are exact copies,
not just an attempt to make something that looks the same. Bob’s doing it
right and cooks every set in an oven to get the maximum strength out of the
epoxy. I provided him with the Bolly F3A Long gear off my Integral so he could
clone those as well. I just saw the first sets out of the mold today and they’re
great. I’ll be putting a set on my new Integral which I’m just
getting started on. Randy Johnson is the exclusive retailer of the gear and you
can get his info at <a href="http://www.aeroproduct.net/">http://www.aeroproduct.net/</a>.
He still lists the old Bolly gear on his site so you’ll have to inquire
about the new ones by phone or e-mail which are both available on the website. Bob
asked me to mention that he’s not selling the gear. You’ll have to
get them from Aeroproducts. Bob tells me that Bolly wheel pant clones are also
in the works from another source and will be available soon from Aeroproducts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Verne
Koester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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