Building Competition Using an Empty Potato Chip Can

Article by Joe Schodt Raleigh AeroMasters RC Club finds a use for empty potato chip containers. The Raleigh AeroMasters Club in Raleigh, North Carolina, challenged its members to a build and fly contest that was held in the afternoon of November 16, 2014. The goal was to bring together the club members for a fun day of flying and to test their creativity. The event was named the Pringles Build Up, and it was designed to involve any level of building and flying skills. The club members’ challenge was to build an airplane of any configuration in which one of the main structural…