Electric helicopters are great, but one challenge is the need to stock and keep organized a wide variety of spare parts. As a scale guy and scratch builder, it's even worse for me because obsolete or damaged parts that most flyers would toss become potential raw material for some future project. I spend about 150 nights a year away from home, but the good part is that most of my travel is by car. Electric helis fit nicely with this nomadic lifestyle, but it does mean that I need to be able to keep commonly used spare parts on hand. Over the last few years, I've gradually refined the list of parts that I need to take with me on the road, and this has made me more efficient than most in packing for flying events and keeping my shop organized. Here are a few tricks that have worked for me.
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