RC Slope Soaring 2014/04

After six years of service, a receiver battery pack in one of my favorite Slope sailplanes failed to hold sufficient charge to power the onboard radio gear. The first symptom was slow servo response, and pack inadequacy was confirmed with a volt-meter check.

RC Slope Soaring 2014/02

It’s a drag when a collision or a terrible landing shatters a molded fiberglass fuselage, especially in a sailplane where the wing is permanently attached to the fuselage and there is no easy way to access the broken area from inside the fuselage. Here’s a way to solve the problem.

RC Soaring - 2013/04

Make foamie onboard radio components more accessible. You only hurt the ones you love. If a botched landing results in damaged gears on an elevator servo, chances are that it’ll be in an airplane that you really like. Weeping and gnashing of teeth may accompany contemplation of how to extract the servo to repair it.

Building with Speed and Efficiency-2004/11

THERE ARE TIMES when you don’t care how long it takes to
build a model, because sometimes the journey is more important
than the destination. Other times it becomes a priority to complete
the project as quickly and efficiently as possible. To that end,
following is a compilation of tips and methods for organizing your
shop and planning your activities to finish a building project
rapidly and with minimum wasted time and effort.

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