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    R/C Airplane Building Techniques

    GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

    Make a Miter Box
    Make a Disposable Razor Knife
    Make a Razor-Blade Modeling Knife
    Make a Combination Knife-Drill and Drilling Guide
    Make a Balsa-Triangle Stripper
    Strip Balsa
    Make a Balsa Stripper
    Make Wide Balsa Sheets
    Choose and Use Sandpaper
    Select Balsa
    Edge-Glue Balsa Sheets
    Build a Contour Sander
    Remove Die-Cut Parts
    Make Ribs Without Using Power Tools
    Band-Saw Ribs
    Apply Super Sheeting
    Make a Spar-Web Jig
    Make Jig Blocks
    Make a Bevel Sanding Jig
    Make a Rib Jig
    Make a Square Sanding Jig
    Make a Notching Jig for Trailing Edges
    Use a Right Triangle
    Make a Tap for Nylon Bolts
    Make a Small High-Start
    Use Wood Screws in Place of T-nuts
    Install an Engine Mount with Blind Nuts
    Assemble Deans Connectors
    Draw an Ellipse
    Build a CG Locater
    Make a Z-Bend
    Make a Socket Wrench for Nylon Bolts
    Make a Nyrod Exit Tool
    Make a Prop Balancer
    Make Glue Bottles
    Make Builders' Triangles
    Use the Glue Stick
    Make Metal Templates
    Make Clothespin Clamps
    Make a Bar Clamp
    Make Round Leading Edges
    Make a Printed Sheet of Ribs
    Capstrip a Wing
    Make Trailing Edges
    Make Laminated Wing-tip Bows
    Add Round Wing Tips
    Make Laminated Balsa Bulkheads
    Install Fuselage Cross-sheeting
    Make Custom Windshields
    Align Fuselage Sides with Exterior Bulkheads
    Cover with Micafilm
    Use a Travel Iron for Plastic Films
    Make a Star-and-Ball Insignia
    Iron Skins onto Foam Cores
    Trim Templates

    ENGINES AND MOUNTS

    Make a 4-Stroke Exhaust Stack
    Increase Muffler Pressure for the .049
    Make a Tin-Can Muffler
    Make a Recycled Fuel Pump
    Make a Squeeze Fuel Bottle
    Make a Juice Can Fuel Tank
    Make a Custom Fuel Tank
    Make a Plastic Fuel Tank
    Make an Ace Mount for the G-Mark
    Make an Engine-Mount Drill Jig
    Position Engine-Mounting Holes
    Make an Engine Drill Jig
    Mount a .061 Engine
    Make Wooden Engine Mounts
    Make an Electric Motor Mount
    Drill and Mount a Firewall
    Make a 1/2A Test Stand
    Strip a .40 Engine
    Make Gaskets the Easy Way
    Clean Model Surfaces
    Make a Glow-Plug Caddy

    RADIO AND CONTROL LINKAGES

    Wire a Switch
    Make an Oil-Free Switch
    Make a Ni-Cd Battery Pack
    Make an Antenna Anchor
    Make a Servo Mount
    Make an Audio-Transmitter Signal Monitor
    Clean a Servo Pot
    Make Servo-Mount Templates
    Make Invisible Hinges
    Install Gold-N-Rod Guides
    Make Light Plywood Control Horns
    Splice Nyrods
    Make Aileron Torque Rods
    Make Threaded Pushrods
    Make a Control Mixer
    Make Brass Pushrods
    Make a Servo Tray

    LANDING GEAR AND WHEELS

    Make a Plywood Nose-Gear Mount
    Make Landing-Gear Clips
    Solder Wire Landing Gear
    Bend Heavy Wire
    Make a Torsion-Bar Landing Gear and Mount
    Make Balsa-and-Plywood Wheel Pants
    Mount Wheels on Aluminum Landing Gear
    Make Light Wheels
    Make Steerable Tailwheels
    Make More Light Wheels
    Make Still More Light Wheels
    Paint Wheel Hubs
    Make a Nose-Gear Steering Arm
    Mount a Steerable Tailwheel
    Make a Light Tailwheel


    Full-scale aircraft are built from jigs; model aircraft are built from plans - actually, plans are jigs. When parts are pinned "in position on the plan," a drawing has been converted into a jig. Unfortunately, plans stop short of describing the many methods that experienced modelers use after the part has been lifted from the plan. Details of a number of these methods are included in these pages, as is information on tools and accessories.

    Every system, tool, jig, or accessory has been tested and used repeatedly for years in hundreds of home workshops all over the world. None is a secret, for each has appeared in Model Airplane News magazine. Many of the methods and devices shown here have been "borrowed" from a variety of trades, but many are exclusive to building model aircraft. A few of the tools originated because of our need to do specific tasks; others have found a home in a number of applications; all are useful!

    The construction of radio-controlled model airplanes is one of the most creative, satisfying and relaxing activities one can pursue. Flying the finished product produces a feeling of pride and accomplishment that's second to none.

    If this book is instrumental in causing the completion of an aircraft that might otherwise have languished on a workbench, my efforts will have been worthwhile.

    #2
    Could i borrow this book??

    regards
    Ducky
    Radio(s):
    Sanwa Style
    Futaba 4SkyPort

    Plane(s):
    Flying:
    T-34 (Electric)

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      #3
      Long time no hear from you liao. Yes please Let me know how you wanna meet and also yr mobile

      Cheers

      Mike

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        #4
        This book is available, please post in this thread if any member is interested in borrowing.

        Cheers

        Mike

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          #5
          Collect next Tue 8 August

          Would like to collect at your workplace at 1215pm can?

          Tx
          96279743
          Leong
          If the building stops, the buying starts!

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            #6
            I had the book in my car. Let u know tomorrow...ard Kallang but might not in office

            Cheers

            Mike

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              #7
              Book on loan to leong.

              Mike

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