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PAINT TIPS  PARA PLANES PIN TIPS PROP TIPS PUSH ROD TIPS
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 | ALTERNATE DOPE THINNER
PPG 876 used on most race cars works very well.
BRUSH CLEANING
After doping, rinse the paint brush with thinner until clean, then wash the brush
with warm, soapy water.
Squeeze dry with a paper towel. Place the brush(s) in a jar, handle down. Next time you
use the brush, it will be
soft and with no paint or thinner to harden the bristles
EYE GLASSES
Stretch a piece of Saran Wrap over the glasses using some Scoth tape to
hold it in place when you are painting.
When thru you'll have glasses that you can actually see through.
MASKING TAPE
You can remove masking tape with a lessened chance of pulling up the paint if you
heat the tape with a heat gun as you pull the tape. Just a little heat is all that is
needed; don't overdo it. Also, pull the tape back over itself when you are removing it to
further reduce the risk of pulling paint up.
MIXING CUPS
The small Cups for your bathroom that are normally used
for rinsing your mouth make excellant Mixing Cups for paint
or resins
PAINT MATCHING
Take a swatch of
covering to an Auto Body Paint shop.
Some will scan get the paint code, and mix your paint for you.Some may put it in an
Aerosal can for you.
PAINT BRUSH
Drill a small hole in the ferrule of your new paint brush and drop some CA in it.
Now you won't lose nearly as many bristles on your work.
RUST-O-LEUM
Rust-O-Leum paint is available at most any hardware store at very reasonable prices
in both bulk and spray cans. The paint is fuel proof and makes an excellent finishing
material.
THINNER
Goop" or "PFM" is usually thick in application. To thin these
miracle adhesives can be thinned by using Toulene or Xylene available at your local
hardware store. It does not take much to thin these products.
VARATHANE
The solution to fuel proofing is a coat or two of clear "Diamond Finish"
Flecto Verathane. This is also available in aerosol spray cans and comes in satin,
semi-gloss and high gloss. Another advantage of using the Verathane as a fuel proofer is
that it can be cleaned up with water.
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| Any yardage goods store sell a variety of straight and
t-pins which serve very well for balsa construction. Check out the extra long ball-head
pins as an especially handy item.
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| TIP PAINTING
The black plastic propellers (Master Airscrew as an example) take a lot of
punishment without breaking.It's a good idea to paint the tips of your propellers white or
yellow. You can see the propeller arc easily this way.
You can also use paint as an aid in balancing your propellers.It is not necessary to apply
the paint to both sides
SAFETY
Try this solution. Put a o-ring on the end of the engine crank shaft after you get
everything secured. It may keep the prop nut from spinning all the way off next time your
engine decides to be cantankerous.
NOTE:Wooden propellers, compress after being subjected to tightening down of the prop nut.
Check them often.
VELOCITY METER
Take your propeller balancer and attach a Top Flite 11 x 8 prop. Hold the
balancer in the wind to achieve the maximum propeller RPM. Measure the RPM with your
tachometer. Divide that RPM reading by 100 and the resulting number will be within 2 MPH
of the existing wind velocity.
Additional
Links Information for Prop Tips :
Prop Charts Use these charts to
help select the proper size propeller for your two or four stroke model airplane.
Prop Effects -
The effects of a spinning prop on the plane.
Propellers
Propellers,
prop-balancing - by Tony van Roon
Propulsion by
Propellers
Thrust Line -
Thrust line effects.
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| ALTERNATE FILLERS
Sure Stick non-shrink spackling is an inexpensive filler putty. It's not gritty and
sands easily.
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| CABLE PUSHRODS
Cable pushrods for the throttle linkage has its advantages. It doesn't have to be
an exact length.
It can be cut long and still serve well. The cable will flex when pushed forward and not
cause a bind at the servo.
FASTENING TIP
An easy way to secure Ny-rod or Golden-rod type push rods to the sides of the
fuselage is to use small pieces of light fabric. Take a strip of the fabric and lay over
the outer case of the push rod and press against the surface to which you wish to attach
the push rod casing. Flow thin CA on to the fabric to bond the fabric to the surface. Try
a piece of
Saran Wrap between your fingers and the fabric to keep yourself from being bonded with
your model.
PUSHROD LENGTHS
An easy way to get the lengths exactly right is to tie a string to the control horn
on the control surface. Drop the free end of the string through the fuselage. With the
control surface in the neutral position, tie the other end of the string to the servo arm.
Cut off the excess string at both tie points. Now, cut the string at both tie points and
what you end up with
a piece of string which is the exact length of the push rod you will need to fabricate.
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