RC Field Box (oz14298)

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RC Field Box.

Quote: "Build Your Own R/C Field Box. By Robert Hawkins

MANY of us who are flying R/C models today were the avid free-flight model builders of not too many years ago. Did we switch to R/C because of a long, suppressed interest in radio and electronics, or was it just that R/C looked like a way to fly free-flight planes and yet be able to return the planes to the vicinity of the launching spot? Most of us never did get a big kick out of searching through rows and rows of a cornfield for that pesky free-flight model! What the heck, let's admit it - we're getting older!

Another thing we old-time free-flighters would just as soon avoid is squatting down in deep grass or weeds while starting the engine or working on the innards of the plane. For quite some time, several factory-made R/ C boxes have been offered, but the prices, even for knocked-down kits, scared lots of us off.

Another thing that many of us have in common is a workshop, with some power tools that will cut wood that's harder than balsa. So let's put them to use and build ourselves an R/C Field Box.

The one shown here will hold almost any size plane - and it gets the engine on a modified Jr Falcon up about 35 in above the ground, where it can be started without bending over. Perhaps a little bending would be good for all of us, but let's face it - we don't like to do it!

Maybe one of the items that makes the ready-made boxes so costly is the fine cabinet work that goes into making the neat set of drawers for storage of small parts. The box shown here uses the neat cardboard field box offered by Sig Manufacturing Co. It's available from most Sig dealers and has four compartments to hold fuel, tools, spare props, rubber bands, etc, and it fits neatly inside the R/C field box as shown.

The basic box is constructed with two 1/2 in plywood ends and 3/4 clear white pine top and bottom shelves. After these four pieces are assembled, fasten the 1/4 in tempered hardboard back in place with woodscrews. Cut the two small end plates from 3/4 pine and drill the 1 in diameter hole in each one for the handle. Drill the 3/8 diameter holes 1-1/2 in deep into the top edge of the pine end pieces as shown in the drawing..."

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Scan by MarkD, cleanup by Circlip.

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