To the Group -

I realize that I'm a newbie who hasn't even flown yet but I ran across an interesting post on this topic on another board. Perhaps this opinion might be useful?

- DCD
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Flight box. If you want to go out and buy a fancy field box, or you find a giant rolling tool box at the local HomeOwnerHellStore that just sings to you, great, but remember, you have to haul this thing around, and if you are like me, you will soon be looking to pare it down, and then, eventually, you'll scratch build your own to hold exactly what you need and only what you need.

For now, I'd suggest that a good field box can be found in the housewares department at Walmart. Get one of those Rubbermaid or equivalent "cleaning supply caddies", like the one mom uses to hold the Endust and scrub brushes and stuff tucked under the kitchen sink.

While you are in housewares, get a 50 ounce bottle of liquid laundry detergent. The brand doesn't matter, just the color of the bottle (red or orange, or whatever pleases you) and the price (cheap).

Rather than hauling a 1 gallon bottle of glow fuel to the field, I want you to decant your fuel into the smaller laundry detergent bottle, which just happens to fit nicely in the caddy. This allows you to keep the gallon bottle at home, under temperature, dust and humidity controlled conditions. Being opaque, it will protect your fuel from ultra violet rays that break down the nitro. It has a molded in level indicator so you will know when you are running out of fuel. 50 ounces is plenty to fly .40 sized models all weekend.