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Needle Valve Extension Tips

(1) Extend your needle valve’s reach with some surgical rubber fuel line. (2) Butt a suitable length of dowel (a) against the end of the needle valve—perhaps securing it with a dab of CA or hot glue—and cover the whole assembly with a piece of heat-shrink tubing (b). Adapted from 400 Great R/C Modeling Tips by Jim Newman, Volume II, an Air Age Media publication.
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