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Making stand-offs...round, light and strong.

Sometimes one needs to mount a component..."floating" above the surface for cooling, like a speed control or ?. Menards, Lowe's and Home Depot have "plug drills" in a variety of sizes. I laminate 1/8" lite ply to 3/8" or 1/2" balsa then put the plug cutter in a drill press. Make as many as you need and a few extra for the next project.

I then wrap carbon fiber "toe" (can't be the correct spelling) around the outside and add thin CA. The photo shows the stand-offs used in my COMP-ARF Integral to float the Hacker speed control away from the fuselage side to enhance cooling. (3) stand-offs are glued balsa end to fuselage using ZAP green medium CA.

Rusty Dose
Team Futaba