Any tools or materials used or employed in building a model. -
Balsa: The traditional model aircraft material. - Composites:
The expert's choice - glass, carbon or kevlar threads and cloth,
held together with epoxy (or other) resins, often over a balsa
or foam former. This can give the strongest, lightest
structures, and some of the techniques are suprisingly easy. -
Weights and densities of materials and components - Wire sizes,
weight and resistance (working title only) How to convert Plans
into parts. Techniques for building and assembling the airframe.
Surface preparation, sanding, filling, covering and/or painting.
Mounting the running hardware including motor, radio gear,
batteries, hinging control sufaces, fabricating pushrods etc.