SECURE ENGINE OPS

Sometimes you don’t have a friend around to help secure your plane while you adjust the engine. A super simple and cheap way to secure even large 1/4-scale airplanes is to use 2- to 3-foot-long broomstick-size dowels. Sharpen one end and stick through a chunk of foam to protect the leading edge of the wing panels. Drive them into the ground with a hammer, as shown, and you are good to go. A plastic mat...