How to Make Touch N' Go Skids for Your RC Helicopter

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How to Make Touch N' Go Skids for Your RC Helicopter

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Make a ground unit or fly with these skis for rc helicopters!+How to make the skis!


Materials

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Tape
scissors
tooth pick
rc helicopter 
and index card or light cardboard

Make 2 Triangles

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Cut out 2 triangles with light cardboard or index cards m 

corner angles 30 o, 60 o, and 90 o





o = degrees  

Poke Holes in Triangles

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Poke holes in the 2 triangles with scissors the width of a tooth pick 

Tape on the Triangles

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Tape the triangles on the skids of your heli 

Slide Tooth Pick Through the Holes

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Do what the title of the step says!

Testing Tips

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When you test it, descend to a smooth surface like a counter top or something
Next, when you touch the surface cut the engine to idle or low power you will slide across the surface as a ground unit
Then, power up and take of again!