An AMA Gold Leader Club
November, 2006
No. 474
CLUB CALENDAR
Tuesday, November 7 -
BOG meeting at the Church, 7:00 PM.
Tuesday November 14 -
General Membership Meeting at the Church, 8:00 PM.
Tuesday, December 5 -
BOG meeting at the Church, 7:00 PM. All active BOG
members for 2007 need to
attend. We will be selecting 2007 officers.
Tuesday December 12 -
General Membership Meeting at the Church, 8:00 PM.
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TIPS & TRICKS FROM THE AMA INSIDER
Fixing Holes
Fixing fiberglass cracks or filling holes and missing
sections on airplane
parts such as cowls is not hard to do. Clean the part
well. Patch the area
with masking or electrical tape on the outside surface.
Cut fiberglass cloth
to fit the inside area and a second patch slightly larger
to overlap. Coat
the inside of the tape with epoxy and layer the patches.
When the epoxy
cures, remove the tape and the repair will have nearly
the shape of the
original.
-Ernie Lee via the Web
Keep Connected
To prevent electrical connections (such as servo wires
connected to a servo
connection inside of a wing panel) from coming apart,
place a short piece of
heat shrink tubing around the connections and then apply
heat to the shrink
tubing. This will ensure a connection that will not
come apart.
-Gordie McCann via the Web
both from Odessa Propbusters, Odessa TX
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Free building materials
It's election time and soon there will be tons of free
building material
available. In most parts of the country, Coroplast signs
are used by people
running for office. Almost everywhere, the signs have
to be down within a
few days of election. If you see a sign up past that
date, do your civic
duty and toss it into the trunk of your car. It's great
for things like
elevators or even building whole 1/2A airplanes. Last
year, I saw a 75 mph
airplane with the wing built out of Coroplast. Check
out some of the SPAD
Radio Control sites on the Web for some creative uses.
Another thing to keep your eyes open for is new-home
construction. Formica
discards are great for making durable templates to cut
foam wings. Even
short lengths of two-by-fours can be cut into pine wing
spars if you have a
table saw. Scraps of foam bead board are useful to cut
foam wings or even
wing tips.
from Great Plains Combat News
Control Line Combat Newsletter for the Great Plains
Bob Furr, editor
Omaha NE
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