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Many of them were from RCM Model magazine that is now defunct. 
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  Water Rudder Tips
  AN ALTERNATE WATER RUDDER FOR LAND CRAFT
  Here's how Elmer Hanes Jr. attached a clever water rudder to his Eagle 63 for float flying. Elmer simply drilled a hole completely through the fuselage just forward of the vertical fin. Into this hole he glued a piece of inner Nyrod tubing which was long enough to stick out both the top and bottom of the fuselage about an eight of an inch. A piece of music wire with a brass rudder soldered on, a nose wheel steering arm, and some wheel collars attach the rudder assembly to the fuselage through this plastic tube. A linkage wire with adjustable clevis connecting the steering arm to the airplane's rudder control horn are all that is needed to put you in business. All very neat and simple, and the neatest thing is how easily
  It is removed for going back to land flying.

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  Web Primer for Clubs
  Web Page Primer for R/C Clubs - Guidelines, advice, pitfalls to avoid, and resources for an R/C club to use in constructing their home page. By Andy Smith.

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  Weight Tips
  ADDING WEIGHTS TO REAR OF MODEL
  Lead weight for fishing lines is available at most sporting goods stores in the form of round (about 1/8" diameter) strips, several inches long. This strip lead is easy to cut up and inbed in the model during construction. For example, strips of lead can be inserted under the triangle stock used to reinforce the fin or stabilizer on many model designs. It can also be inserted into wing tips to provide lateral balance.Lead weight for fishing lines is available at most sporting goods stores in the form of round (about 1/8" diameter) strips, several inches long.
  SANDBAG WEIGHTS
  Fill plastic zip-lock bags of various sizes about 3/4 full of fine sand, and seal each well. Use these to hold down large parts while building, such as wings. The sand will conform to the shape of parts well. They also work good when gluing sheeting to foam. Another but more expensive method is to purchase "Load Shot" that may be found in Gun Stores to put into the bags. If you know the amount of weight needed .. just measure the weight on a scale.. pour the lead shot into the nose
  of the aircraft and add epoxy. The lead shot will conform to all space available.
  ADDITIONAL LINKS
  Building Light - - Tips for building a light Structure.
  Light is Better!
  Ryan’s Weight Estimator
  Weight Distribution - - The weight in your plane - where's it AT? (one page)
  Weight Comparison Chart Use This Chart To Compare The Weight Differences Between Various Covering Materials.

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  WHEELS
  Learn how to make your own balsa wheels

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  Wheel Chock Tips
   

• Cheap wheel stops
  Save the caps from your fuel bottles then when working on a model turn two of them upside down on the table and sit the wheels in them to keep the plane from rolling around.
   
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  TOILET PAPER TUBES - (Wheel Chocks)
  Need something to act as a wheel chock when you are transporting your model around in the back of the pickup truck? Try taking a toilet paper or paper towel cardboard tube and cutting in a hole large enough to accommodate the model's wheel about mid point of its length. Makes an excellent (and cheap) wheel chock.
  Another easy and cheapmethod can be made by cutting holes just large enough to accept the tires in foam pipe insulation available at most any hardware store. Cut the insulation in about six inch lengths. When installed, you plane will roll no more.
  
  ADDITIONAL LINKS :
  Leaf Spring Tail Wheel - by Howard Sullivan