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Newman’s Own Dual-purpose Sandbags
| Sandbags are very useful when you’re building, covering, or painting your plane, or when you’re parking that sailplane wing-down and into the wind; just put a couple of sandbags on the low wingtip. Sandbags conform to the shape of a structure, and they don’t damage it. Compared with bags of lead shot, they are very inexpensive. Just fill locking freezer bags with the fine play sand that’s available at home improvement centers. One bag of sand will fill many freezer bags.
Jim Newman, from “400 great R/C Modeling Tips Volume IIl” |
Sandbags are very useful when you're building, covering, or painting your plane, or when you're parking that sailplane wing-down and into the wind; just put a couple of sandbags on the low wingtip. Sandbags conform to the shape of a structure, and they don't damage it. Compared with bags of lead shot, they are very inexpensive. Just fill locking freezer bags with the fine play sand that's available at home improvement centers. One bag of...
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