As you may know I have a small 1/2A engine – a Testor’s McCoy .049. I have been wanting to start it ever since I got it back in the spring. Well yesterday I ordered some fuel for it! I ordered a quart of Sig Champion 25 which has 25%nitro and 20% oil (1/2 castor […]
This is something that I made about a year ago and I have used it just about everyday since. I go through quite a bit of exacto knife blades but throwing them away used to be a problem. I can’t throw them straight into the garbage because first of all it would/could cut the garbage […]
One of my favorite hobbies is to fly remote control airplanes. I normally fly electric planes so I am always having to charge batteries. I use LiPo batteries for my planes and I have heard that they have the potential to be dangerous if not monitored well. I read that if something goes wrong in the […]
I have been building an RC plane recently (I will post it when it’s complete) and when I went to hook up the ailerons I realized I didn’t have Y-connector to plug the servos into one channel. It was too late in the day to go to a hobby shop and I didn’t want to […]
I normally try to save my money where I can. If I can build my own of something for cheaper than I can buy a commercial one for, I most often will. In this case it is a balsa stripper. I needed one of these tools the other evening but I didn’t want to spend […]