anyone got ideas for building your own field box, cos out here in oz they cost $100 for a simple one !!!!!!!!!

I remember somebody posted pics of his toolbox that looked like a clone SIG Field Boss, if you're interested in this design. Do a search and you'll probably find it. It was posted perhaps in the last 2-3 months. On the other hand, you could also modify one of those plastic tool boxes and there are many posts and pics on these. Search under "ultimate field box".........

thanks for your help
will def make it cheaper, damn it almost costs as much as the engine!!
out here a 12v battery costs $87!!!!!!!!
why the hell did i choose this hobby!

Maybe you can talk to downunder, he's an experienced r/cer from aussie, who can help you out...........

I made mine from a plastic garden cart from K-Mart. It holds everything (more than) I need, Rolls obediently behind me, and I can sit upon it. I wrote a construction article and sent it to the magazines for publication. They rejected it, but you can still get the article from the internet. Other plastic toolboxes work as well.

Also see: "The Field Box From Hell" thread.

http://jcasey02.home.gate.net/flightbox.html

Wow...that's a cool webpage. I also noticed how "perfect" it was. You used all the little "R" marks after the names of things and even listed all the company's products you used at the end...Wow very professional! good job

Thanks for your kind remarks!

The little (r) marks are built into MSWord, so it's not like I had to be a rocket scientist. Still, I'm glad you aprove.

O...That's interesting. I never knew I could do that in Word. I usually would use the character map. Still...very pro looking webpage!

Try this on for size. I built one and it holds everything you could ever need!

http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...247&forumid=63]

Jim,
I have one warning I'd like to make regarding metal fuel cans; there were a few articles not too long ago referencing metal fuel cans that blew up, or burned pretty viciously.

Apparently there was a sligth spark discharged as the can's top was unscrewed. Now, I believe these incidents involved cans that had not been opened in a while. So perhaps there was some corrosion that caused some restriction when opening the cap, and this is what caused the spark.

I just thought I'd mention it.
Dennis-

Fuel cans in general are dangerous things. The emptier they are, the more dangerous they are 'cause it's the vapors that can cause the problems. I agree that, regardless of the type of fuel can, you should use great care to avoid sparks of all types.

There are a lot of cases documented where Joe Suburbanite throws a plastic gas jug in the back of his pickup to go get gas for the lawn-mower. Between the residual gas sloshing in the plastic jug, and the plastic gas jug sliding around in the plastic bed liner, there's an enormous static charge built up by the time he gets to the corner gas station. I have felt it pull the hairs on the back of my hand. When he touches the (grounded) gas nozzle to the jug to fill it, he gets a really ugly surprise, new eyebrows,and sometimes a new truck. Many gas stations have signs posted telling the customers not to fill gas cans in the bed of the truck because of this. When you remove the gas container from the truck and set it down on the concrete, it lets the charge bleed off.

With a metal can, charge is easily dissipated. That's why you see the fuel attendant attach a ground wire to full-size airplanes before they are fueled. THe fuel truck also gets grounded, so EVERYTHING is referenced to the same potential and there are no sparks. I fill mine through the fuel pump anyway. (it's tedious, but at least it takes a long time. An electric pump would be an advantage here.). I think it would be a bad idea to fill the lay-down type can through the cap, because removing the cap would cause wear and potentially leakage.

If there is a spark to a closed metal can, it will be conducted through the metal and not affect the contents. This is why they tell you a car is a safe place to be in a thunderstorm. If lightning hits the car (metal can), it just goes around our little pink bodies harmlessly. It's not because of the rubber tires. I don't know how some people formed the opinion that a lightning bolt that has just jumped two miles would be stopped by four inches of wet, carbon-filled rubber (with steel belts).

Here's my box. It's made of birch and regular construction grade ply. If I were to do it all over, I would have used birch throughout.

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If you have AutoCad I can send you the drawings. I posted this a couple months ago.

Email me at: [email protected]

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That is an awesome box. I will PM you my email, please send me a set of DWGs. Thank you for posting such a beautiful box.

apache3, this is a good one from Gootrod that I was talking about

Instead of spending lots of money(which no one has), just go to the hardware or walmart and buy a toolbox. I have one for my airplane stuff, and another for my tools. I take them both with me, then i have everything to fly/repair my plane.