Ep 31
Tom chose a Dremel for this week’s tool of the week, and boy was that a good choice. Dremel’s come in handy all over the house, not just while building RC airplanes!
Starting the Duellist, Telemaster problems, Types of wood for building, and Listener Questions
In this episode This episode covers a lot of topics. Starting on the Duellist project, different types of wood to use when building airplanes, listener questions, to us rambling on about other things. Oh, and the Trash Can Telemaster is not finished. Please help us by filling out our listener survey at https://rcplanelab.com/listener-survey/. The more … Read more
Ep 30
Tom and Ron couldn’t agree on the tool of the week for Episode 30, so they each picked their own. Ron’s tool of the week is the tool magnetizer / demagnetizer. It is an extremely handy tool that will magnetize or demagnetize your screw drivers, needle nose pliers, and a lot of other things. Ron’s … Read more
Our First Guest, Reggie Washington
In this episode We’re excited to have our first guest, Reggie Washington, join us in studio! Reggie is a good friend of Ron and Tom’s and he has been flying RC airplanes for around 8 years. Join us to learn a little more about him and hear some funny stories. Episode 29 Transcript This transcript … Read more
Our first guest, Reggie Washington, picked this week’s tool of the week, the Great Planes C.G. Machine. It’s a great tool for checking the center of gravity on your airplane, which is an extremely important step in getting an airplane setup correctly for flying.. Great Planes CG Machine
The Wives Take Over the Studio!
In this episode Crystal and Lori take over for from Ron and Tom as the hosts of this episode of the RC Plane Lab Podcast! Hear the perspective from the wives that deal with the craziness of being married to guys that fly RC airplanes. Episode 28 Transcript This transcript has been lightly edited for … Read more
The girls each got to choose this week’s tool of the week since they took over for Ron and Tom! Crystal’s pick was the pin vise hand drill. She likes small things and uses it all the time around the house and for the garden! Lori chose zip kicker for her tool of the week. … Read more
Building spaces, and a few announcements
In this episode In this episode of the RC Plane Lab podcast, Ron and Tom talk about their build spaces and go over a few announcements. Episode 27 Transcript This transcript has been lightly edited for readability. Timestamps are retained. Read the full transcript Join-Path: Line | 2 | … -Raw -Encoding utf8 -LiteralPath (Join-Path … Read more
The Balsa Stripper is an amazing tool that can save you a lot of money on pieces of balsa. It can cut balsa pieces up to 1/4″ thick into strips up to 1/2″ wide. Last time Ron bought balsa, each 1/4″ x 1/4″ strip was $1.99, but a 1/4″ x 3″ wide piece was $3.97. … Read more
The Trash Can Telemaster is finished! And Listener Questions…
In this episode The Trash Can Telemaster is finished! At least Ron thinks so. Also in this episode, Ron and Tom answer listener mail. Episode 26 Transcript This transcript has been lightly edited for readability. Timestamps are retained. Read the full transcript Join-Path: Line | 2 | … -Raw -Encoding utf8 -LiteralPath (Join-Path $folder.FullName ‘upload … Read more