Foam Safe Epoxy and Glue: Which One for Which Job
PARFIX 900 Foam Safe CAZ-Poxy Finishing ResinFoam-Tac Regular thin CA will eat a hole through white foam while you stand there watching it. If you build with foam you need adhesives that leave it alone, and you need to know which one suits the joint in front of you....Picking an RC Engine Starter: Engine Size, Battery and Cones
A starter that is too small for the engine will not turn it through compression. You stand there cooking the motor and the battery while nothing happens. Matching the starter to the engine is most of the job, and the battery behind it is most of the rest. Here is how...Choosing an RC Glow Plug: Heat Range, Length and Idle Bars
A glow plug is about the cheapest part in your airplane and the one most likely to leave you standing in the pits pulling on a prop. We sell a lot of them and we get asked about them constantly, so here is how we sort them out at the shop. Shop RC Glow Plugs What a...Survival Tin
The contents of my Survival tin Project Current Contents: Altoids Tin Compass Sandpaper T Pins 2 Safety Pins 2 Buttons 2 4 Neodymium Magnets Hobby Knife Blade Single Edge Razor Utility Knife Blade Reflective Mirror on Bottom 2 Alcohol Pads 2 Standard Adhesive Band...Nice note and photo from one of our more creative local builders:
Hi Dave, I wanted to Thank you for the good $68.00 price on the Castle ECS yesterday and the advice on repairing the cold solder joint my bad one. If I cannot solve it I will hire Dicks service at RRC. Below is one of several current projects ( F-20 50” wingspan x 60”...Celina Ohio Largely Bans All Flying Toys
What follows is my letter to the editor of the Daily Standard sent 11/12/2015 Editorial content regarding the ban and profiteering on technology toys in Celina. Merry Christmas to the parents of children with dreams of the worlds latest technology boom. Celina counsel...Look what Mark Stephens of Virginia sent me…
Look what Mark Stephens of Virginia sent me: Check out Mark’s use of our modification parts to create his own custom FPV platform. Single motor tractor with the camera out front. After crashing with pusher config, I cut off the top of pusher mount to just use as...The AMA goes to 12 Expiration Dates Each Year? Seriously?
Submitted to Dave Mathewson, AMA Executive Director. Concerning new membership rules which will have memberships expiring every month and not just once each year. 06/23/2015 Dave, Our club like many has an agreement with the field owners to make certain every user is...