[NSRCA-dist8] Issues (Who Me?)

[Rex]

Any hinge can break....and it's a pain fixing it!  I've always preferred pinned flat hinges....I tried the round, post type but broke quite a few of them.

J N Hiller <jnhiller at earthlink.net> wrote:

>Yes I have airplane issues also, occasionally.
>I've got a little aileron movement beyond gear train clearance.
>Someone at the Redmond contest, I don't remember who, asked what hinges I
>use. I use 5 CA hinges in ailerons and 3 in each elevator and 4 pin hinges
>in the rudder, due to the high degree of movement.
>I now have a broken inboard aileron hinge and this is on a relatively smooth
>running 2 stroke (Option-160). I guess I need to double up on them on the
>inboard end, go back to pin hinges or figure out how to balance the flying
>surfaces.
>Conclusion:
>I may contribute to my own problem fitting them with no gap forcing the
>hinge plastic to flex in near "0" length. It may be beneficial to cut a
>little relief where the hinges enter the center of the aileron leading edge
>'V' to allow some length for a 'bending radius'. I use to do this removing
>the MonoKote before gluing but it looked hokey. Now I cut the overlapping
>MonoKote away before ironing it down. In the future I will sand a .010 to
>.015 flat from the front of the 'V' where the hinge slots are, maintaining a
>neat sanitary uniform appearance. (It's a Hiller thing)
>Yes there probably is a source / quality issue but I don't know who's hinges
>are better.
>E-Power is looking better all the time:
>Jim
>
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