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December 2009 Blog Posts (3)

poof balls on EXI-450

saw nightflyyer use colorful balloons on his heli to aid orientation and added 4 inch foam balls to my heli. I attached a photo of the result. I found the ball in the children's toy section of WalMart for $1 each. I used 5mm carbon tubes to replace the landing skids to attach the foam balls. I used 1 inch plastic fender washers (which I created from a plastic food container) with large fuel tubing "lock nuts" to secure the foam balls to the carbon… Continue

Added by Vincent LaPorte on December 24, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Ball link plier for micro heli balls

I had difficulty removing the small (3 mm) ball links on my micro heli with the standard ball link pliers.
I bought a small ball link pliers (Align model H25070T) from experiencerc.com . This works well with the small balls.
Cost $5.81 and $3.43 USPS priority shipping.
Vince

Added by Vincent LaPorte on December 17, 2009 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Source for Depron Foam

Depron foam is useful for creating R/C airplanes - light weight, strong, easy to cut and minimal dust. It is available from RCFoam.com along with lots of useful products. Have a look.
Vince

Added by Vincent LaPorte on December 15, 2009 at 2:20pm — No Comments

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