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List your do it yourself strategies for anything that has to do with R.C. Even good websites with some tips or instructions.
Pit tips, DIY, Tool Reccomendations, Reviews, just about anything that you can think of that has helped you or made things easier in this great hobby of R.C.
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Help out other newcommers to this great hobby!

I'll start it off.
http://rcvehicles.about.com/od/rceng...cnitroaf04.htm
Keep your airfilter on your car!

this little link helped me quite a bit with motor know-how
http://www.motortuningsecrets.com/tunestockmotor.html

Interesting site. These tips could be useful someday. I just have to get the right tools...:)

Here is some helpful sites.
http://www.gearchart.com/index.cfm?f...n=chart.create
http://www.rcingreece.com/index.asp?...ing_comparison
http://www.arroyoc.com/index.cfm?fus...ear&isflash=No
Hope these help,
I know they have helped me.
The last one is really good for you and 12th scale foamers.
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When I mount bodies instead of buying the aluminm body posts with the points, I just sharpen my plastic posts in my industrial strength pencil sharpener. (necessary if youre a 5th grade teacher like me)I get a nice point and its free. I keep a spare set that are already sharpened. That way I can mark the EXACT center of the holes I need to make before I paint.

Interesting tip...:) I'm about to paint a new body and i'm gonna try this... Thanks...:)

I'm surprised I have not heard of this before. Great Tip.

some other possibly helpful ones:

http://www.misbehavin-rc.com/links/links-articles.asp
-just ignore the nitro stuff if you're not into that

http://ca.geocities.com/[email protected]/index.htm
-if you have a tc3

http://www.rc-resources.com/guides/e...c_motors.shtml
-pretty good site

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I made a motor spring tension tester/comparer tonight. If I get time this weekend Ill try to explain how I made it. I only expect it to be usefull in comparing springs I have against each other. What can I say . . .I got bored. I used three springs from the insides of retractable ball point pens, an empty ink "straw" (the small straw dealie that holds the ink. I removed the tip and dissolved all the old ink out in isopropyl alcohol). I also used a cap/tip/pointed part and a tip from another pen. I used a small section of heat shrink on the end of the straw part to hold the spring on. I just press the indexed tip against the straight leg of an instaled spring and take a reading when the spring just moves away from the spring keeper tab on the brush hood. I have a camera at school if anyone is really interested in seeing what I did. It was pretty simple after I figured out which parts to use and how big to cut them. Hopefully the drawing makes sense. Maybe that will help clear things up, cuz I know my words are no help! lol

let me know if you see any reason I shouldn't use this to rate my springs or any questions or problems. I have no idea how reliable this will prove to be. Ill let you know if Iget some hard data.:) :) :(

Home made fiddle stick...