The other day at the field, wind was kicking up as Dennis made his approach. As a result, most of us (there were 8-10 pilots there) were shutting down for the day.

Now, you guys all know what happens when 8-10 pilots have to pack up with daylight left...let the BS session commence.

During this thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours, quite a few 'tips' were tossed out...some about building, others about flying, some we'd heard, some we hadn't.

I thought it might be a nifty idea to start a 'tip thread'. I'm sure all of you experienced guys have tons of tricks for us beginners, and we'd love the info.

No big long posts or big sets of directions or anything, just simple, 1 item 'if you're needing to do this, try this method'. Feel free to share tips about buying, building, flying, selling, whatever. Share tips you've learned at the field, through experience, here on RCU, whatever. Just, as said above, try to keep posts to simple 1 item quick tricks.

I'll start:

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To install blind nuts in hard to reach places, run a coat hanger through the hole. On on end, place the blind nut, then a wheel collar. Tighten the wheel collar down, and then jerk the hanger back out through the hole. This will pop the blind nut into place, where you can finish seating it by inserting and tightening the screw.