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Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-20-2003, 06:01 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,520
Posted By bighawg

antenna question?

I like to use a pc of thin plastic tubing inside the fuselage and out the tail to slide my reciever antennae into. An internal installation. Never had any trouble with any planes reception this way...
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-20-2003, 05:42 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 4,863
Posted By bighawg

Safety Tip...

We had a guy cut his finger clean off on a Royal .40 one time. Good thing he was flying with a buddy! Grabbed the finger tip and off to the ER they went!
The engines don't have to be big, do they?
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-20-2003, 05:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,335
Posted By bighawg

worldtex covering????

My bad...I used all caps, didn't I? : )
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-20-2003, 01:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,572
Posted By bighawg

painting a spinner

BOK BOK BOK BOK...CLUCK! CHICKEN STICK! PC OF HEATER HOSE ON A DOWEL...........
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-20-2003, 12:54 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 976
Posted By bighawg

Preventing fuel under canopy?

RC 56.......GREAT STUFF! DRIES CLEAR AND IS FLEXIBLE TOO SO IT WON'T CRACK
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-20-2003, 12:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,335
Posted By bighawg

worldtex covering????

I USED WORLDTEX ON 2 MODELS. ONE WAS A SMOOTHIE I DECKED OUT LIKE A SPITFIRE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, RUSTOLEUM PAINT IS WHAT I USED TO PAINT THE SILVER UNDERSIDE AND THE CAMO PATTERN ON TOP. THE WORLDTEX...
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-20-2003, 12:41 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,833
Posted By bighawg

How do you guys cover so well.

YES! THE HIGLEY BOOKS ARE DEFINITELY THE WAY TO GO.........IF YOU PRACTICE THE EXAMPLES IN HIS BOOK "THERE ARE NO SECRETS" YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD BASE TO START FROM.....AND JUST LIKE THE OTHER GUYS...
Forum: Kit Building
08-19-2003, 06:06 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,172
Posted By bighawg

Whoops........boy did I scew up!

I always use t-pins to position my stabs and dry fit that way...get your alignment right...then you can leave the t-pins in the stab when you glue..just place the stab down on the fuse sticking the...
Forum: Kit Building
08-19-2003, 05:58 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 847
Posted By bighawg

Firewall Strength

You can back up balsa formers by laminating them with VERY thin plywood using epoxy and this results in great strength and light weight.
Forum: Kit Building
08-19-2003, 05:50 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 13,797
Posted By bighawg

CA glue on wax paper?

I like to use wax paper. Started building that way in '88 and still do...just don't use too much glue and it won't stick your model to it! I have had to peel some off before too but only because I...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
08-18-2003, 07:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,423
Posted By bighawg

Which Electric Glider is better?

My son just got through building the Eclipse. We tried to put an .049 in the nose instead of the electric motor...had to add 2 inches more to the front of the fuse to balance it! Won't fly...too...
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
08-14-2003, 08:16 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 5,295
Posted By bighawg

I am forced to quit....

There was only one guy that I ever failed to teach to fly and he only had one eye. No matter what I or any of the other guys tried to help him it just didn't work. "Stereo vision". He didn't have it...
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-14-2003, 06:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,756
Posted By bighawg

Looking for work table designs

A "hollow core door works great for a building surface and you ca n hammer the t-pins right into it while laying up your wing. I've used this method for years with much success. I've tried glass too....
Forum: Tips & Techniques
08-14-2003, 06:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,756
Posted By bighawg

Looking for work table designs

A "hollow core door works great for a building surface and you ca n hammer the t-pins right into it while laying up your wing. I've used this method for years with much success. I've tried glass too....
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
08-14-2003, 05:58 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 5,295
Posted By bighawg

I am forced to quit....

Been flying RC and instructing since 1988 and I only knew of one fellow who learned to fly(successfully)w/o an instructor and he crashed a bunch of times before he finally got the hang of it. Flight...
Forum: RC Fuels
08-11-2003, 05:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 786
Posted By bighawg

Need some advice about clunk line.

A good fix is to put a pc of plastic(hard ) tubing in-line inside the tank. It acts as a stiffiner and will not let the fuel line flex forward on ya. A pc of plastic push rod works well. If you are...
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