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The rest of the parts, as I recall, were from small machine shops in the area local to Calabasas. I can recall days where I would drive around most of the day to various shops, picking up parts from one shop, taking them to another, delivering things to be anodized, etc.
I cannot recall the names of any of the shops-it has been too long. I know that Mr. Gorham would change shops if they did not deliver the quality he was looking for.
I can remember packing kits, pressing the oilite bronze bushings into the clutch bells, cutting the clutch linings and gluing them in, sorting ball links and screws, helping pack kits, etc.
I do wish I had appreciated Mr. Gorham more, at the time. He was very nice to me.
Regarding the American R/C Mantis,
There were two versions, that I know of: a version with plywood frames and a version with plastic frames (the later version). I think there were also fixed and collective versions of each.
Supposedly, the Mantis was given its name because Mantis's eat Crickets. There were a few that I tried to set up for people, I do not recall them flying well at all, with the exception of the ones that American R/C used to demo (Curtis Croker used to fly them very well).
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interesting looking heli in the above link,the flybar paddle's look interesting wonder what they sounded like 
