Tips & Tricks
Gluing on Canopies
Before gluing on your airplane’s canopy, put a small
hole in some
obscure place to allow air circulation under the
canopy. This will keep your canopy from popping off
in the summer when the air inside expands or from
collapsing in the winter when the air shrinks.
Soldering Wires
Unless you have nerves of steel, it’s difficult to
hold two wires still while you solder them together,
even if one is clamped to your workbench. An easy
solution to this problem is to glue two wooden
clothespins to a wooden base, about an inch apart.
Now, slip the wires to be soldered into the clamping
part of the
clothespins, and they will be held together without
jiggling. You can put the clothespins side by side
rather than nose to nose. This keeps them from
interfering with longer wires. You will probably
have to sand the gripping part to create a larger
grip area.
—both from the Beachmasters RC Club newsletter,
Ocean Park,
Washington Q
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