Fixing Your RC Airplane Using Household Items

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Fixing your RC airplane can be fun and cheap, not expensive and boring. So over the years of flying RC airplanes, I have found many common household items that can be used to fix your RC model airplane. Without spending any money, your plane can fly again. Just check out the tips below and apply them next time something goes wrong with your airplane.

Whatever part is broken on your RC airplane, then just look at the corresponding household items that can be used, in the right hand column. Fixing your RC airplane has never been so easy!!

Hinges	Plastic from a 6-pack holder (stiffer) Plastic from a plastic milk container Mylar tape
Building materials	R-Gard foam comes in 2'x4' , 4'x8' sheets 1/2, 3/4. 1 1/2 thickness (hardware store). Foam underflooring (depron substitute) Meat trays too. Wallpaper insulation (very thin foam) venetian blind slats (bass wood) Paint sticks (spruce) Toothpicks
Battery and radio protector	computer mouse pads, Green scouring pads (light weight)
clean up	vinager & rubbing alcohol good to clean up epoxy vegetable oil great for removing epoxy and silicon cement from your hands.
Clamps	Clothes pins Clamps that hold thick pads of paper Hair clip
Batteries	Some rechargable 9-volt batteries have sanyo 120 mah cells
Blades	Injector style shavers have blades that fit Exacto handles Beauty supplies have very sharp "trimming blades"
Pull-pull control cable	Dental floss is good for fixing your rc airplane
plastic drinking straws	route wires through structures
Plastic spoons	You can cut the end off and use them as air scoops to direct cooling air over your motor or ESC.
VELCRO®	removable parts (batteries)
School box pencil sharpener	to chamfer the end of nylon wing bolts.
Covering material	Reynolds wrap (for light planes) TYVEK paper from Priority mail envelopes
Wire clothes hangers	For making temporary jigs to hold things in place while you solder/paint them. Good for soldering iron stands, too
CA glue kicker	Baking Soda
Bamboo	Shisk-ka-bob skewers
brass tubing	ball point pen refills (used)