Make Lightweight RC Airplane Wheels from Soda Cans

Inexpensive, lightweight wheels can be cut from soda can bottoms, a plywood disc, and a 2&1/2- inch diameter vacuum cleaner belt. Epoxy a metal tube bushing through the assembly. Be super careful and take your time because this hack involves manipulating very sharp metal edges. Adapted from 400 Great R/C Modeling Tips by Jim Newman, Volume I, an Air Age Media publication. Watch this video by Orville Wingnut for step-by-step instructions.

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