So I already have a boat prop, but now it’s time to build a boat for it. My plan is to build a very basic boat I can use in my pool. I will use a cheap toy boat from Wal-Mart as the hull, a DC motor that I saved from my destroyed RC helicopter, […]
As I was sitting bored at my desk surfing the web on RC boats, in particular homemade RC boats, I stumbled across a how-to on making your own brass propellers. When I have fooled around with making RC boats in the past, I’ve always had trouble when it came to making props. I once made […]
This is a new ‘segment’ I’m going to have on my blog. For now I will call it “Cool Tools” (unless I come up with a better name). It will just be where I tell about a tool that I find to be very handy, interesting, or just plain awesome. I don’t know how frequent […]
The other day I played Guitar Hero for the first time in months (yes, I still have mad skills. haha). As I was playing I found it difficult to activate the star power. I know that the newer Guitar Hero brand guitars actually have a button that activates star power where the saddle would be […]
So I’ve built my Firecracker Dispenser out of wood and with tighter tolerances. This version, version 2, is better constructed than version 1, but I am still having problems with jamming. This version is made out of 1/8″ balsa wood. It’s the exact same design as the first version, it is now just made out […]
It has been by goal for a few years to design and build a machine that will hold multiple firecrackers, dispense them one by one, and then light them. Not only would this be really cool to just set on the ground and let it run, but my end goal with this idea will be […]
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 […]
About three weeks ago and older gentleman gave me some of his son’s old R/C stuff from the ’80s. Most of it is useless to me, like an old homemade battery pack and some outdated chargers. Amid the pile of stuff was a Testors McCoy .049 engine. The gentleman said that it used to run […]