Dinkar received two of the three boxes that were sent out. The one missing is the camera I sent him so we’re still using his phone camera. Pictured below is his postman whom he says is a very nice person. You can see that the boxes made from reused cardboard survive quite well.

The lubricant which I bottled and double bagged leaked. I’m surprised. There must be a lot of temperature and pressure variation during shipping. I will send some lubricant to some more addresses to see if I can get it to survive shipping. Also I was surprised to find that some of the sticks on the AMA Cub arrived broken.

I sent the Minnow and the AMA Cub. The minnow was designed by my friend Lloyd Shales. It’s a great indoor model.

The AMA Cub is the Squirrel’s predecessor. Designed by Frank Ehling around 1957 it was revolutionary. It still requires tools and many steps and parts and when I used it to introduce people to model aviation, I found that it was still too much work.

So that’s why I designed the Squirrel. To make it easier.