The Radio Control Club of Detroit

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AMA Chapter # 368

An AMA Charter Club Since 1953

IMAA Chapter #206

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Tips and Hints

This is a page dedicated to all the tips, hints, and good ideas that members send in. The ideas can
range from a good way to apply MonoKote to a new way to attach a tail wheel. Anything you like!

So lets hear them! Send me all your great ideas. Write-ups submitted either in an e-mail or on a disk
are preferred. MS Word or PDF files for text and .jpg files for pictures. If the idea is done the old-fashioned
way (pen and paper) let me know. I can probably work something out.

Tips	More Detailed How To's	Calculators, Lists, etc.
1.1: Mixing epoxy on CDs	2.1: A really good article on CA-type hinge installation on RC Universe	3.1: Link to a CG calculator (bipe's too) 3 tabs in this Excel File. (You will need Microsoft Excel.) - Monoplane CG - Monoplane MAC - Biplane CG I would like to give credit to the authour but I can't find the link from which this file came.
1.2: Finger drills	2.2: Converting a PC power supply for powering battery chargers 2.2.1: A project improvement	3.2: Wing Cube Loading Calculator Concept described on Fly RC
1.3: MonoKote grippers	2.3: Presentation from Ground School on Aerodynamics Open as read only using the '09 lock combination	3.3: Card for Sportsman's pattern sequence.
1.4: Discarding old Xacto blades	2.4: ThunderPower's recommendation for disposal of old LiPo batteries.	3.4: Spreadsheet to convert your batteries' "C" ratings to Amps (from our 2/09 Ground School on electrics)
1.5: Transferring parts from a drawing	2.5: Programming a throttle disable switch on your transmitter for safety with electric powered models.	3.5: Throttle position; amps; duration with electrics. Or how 50% is equivalent to 300%. (This chart was generated at our 2/09 Ground School on electrics.)
1.6: A cheap fuselage stand	2.6: A PVC set-up stand to hold models during construction, transport and field set-up.	3.6: How prop selection impacts amps and power (This chart was generated at our 2/09 Ground School on electrics.)
1.7: Be safe with LiPos - please!	2.7: Good information on TICKS, how to avoid them, and how to handle them if if they get on you.	3.7: Electric motor, ESC & battery calculator Developed for Jan '10 ground school on electrics to help find appropriate power system for your plane
1.8: Balsa USA tips for CA use.		3.8: A link to some really useful formulae for model aviation:
1.9: Prop saver 'O'-ring tool
1.10: O.S. position on afterrun oils
1.11: Arming Plug for Electrics
1.12: A-123 battery voltage reduction for RX packs

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