Portal:Building Techniques
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Tools & Materials
Any tools or materials used or employed in building a model.
- Adhesives
- Tape
- Balsa: The traditional model aircraft material.
- Foam
- Composites: The expert's choice - glass, carbon or kevlar threads and cloth, held together with epoxy (or other) resins, often over a balsa or foam former. This can give the strongest, lightest structures, and some of the techniques are suprisingly easy.
- Weights and densities of materials and components
- Wire sizes, weight and resistance
Scratch Building
(working title only) How to convert Plans into parts.
Construction
Techniques for building and assembling the airframe.
Finishing
Surface preparation, sanding, filling, covering and/or painting.
Rigging
Mounting the running hardware including motor, radio gear, batteries, hinging control sufaces, fabricating pushrods etc.
