I have a serious bad back so I have managed to thin down my toolbox as much as possible. I've narrowed it down to 5-min epoxy, CA, ballast, forceps, scissors, wing root tape and FG reinforced packing tape. A few small scraps of plywood and balsa, an assortment of JIS screwdrivers, metric and SAE Allen wrenches, an ESV, some small pliers, X-Acto knife, sunscreen and a small injury box with ointment, band aids and the like. That's all in the toolbox. Chargers and similar items are also taken but not specifically in the toolbox. If I fly power, I take this box and an additional one with everything I need to fly glow or gas. This leaves me with a fairly light tool box I can haul around by myself. I rarely fly alone either so what I didn't bring, by buddies' did.
If I go to an out of town contest or a couple day trip to the slope I'll pack just about everything from spare servo wire and a butane soldering iron, to covering tools and scalpels. I have all my covering tools in a clear plastic box, as are my extra batteries, radio equipment etc. I simply toss the boxes in the back of the truck. I rarely need anything for myself due to Murphy's Law of inverse spares that states; "you will only need what you don't bring and what you do bring is for someone else's repairs." Finally, I always take my cordless drill and drill bits. The last out of town trip I took was my buddies' turn to drive. He questioned the need for having to put my drill behind the seat. I told him I'd used it more than I'd imagined. We ended up using it to remove wingrod that had been pushed it's full length into the wing. We drilled a pilot hole and stopped the drill mid-cut so it was stuck in the hole. I pulled on the drill with the bit in the rod and it removed the rod far enough so the pilot could remove it from the wing. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Brombaugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Folks, I recently decided that it was time for me to start taking a toolbox with me to the field. - Dave RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
