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Useful hints from modelers ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD THOMPSON KEEP IT SEPARATE Keeping the ESC and battery separated and cooled is a problem for electrics, especially those that have been converted from gas. Rather than building an elaborate horizontal bulkhead inside the forward compartment, I use short sections of bamboo barbeque skewers. Align and drill holes on each side of the aircraft at about 1-inch on center. Cut the skewers so that each is slightly less...

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