Perhaps we should go back to sewn hinges!<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:40 PM, J N Hiller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jnhiller@earthlink.net">jnhiller@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Yah maybe the 120 was about the limit for reliable use of CA hinges. You<br>know me! I don't like problems!<br>
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<div class="h5"><br>Any hinge can break....and it's a pain fixing it! I've always preferred<br>pinned flat hinges....I tried the round, post type but broke quite a few of<br>them.<br><br>J N Hiller <<a href="mailto:jnhiller@earthlink.net">jnhiller@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>>Yes I have airplane issues also, occasionally.<br>>I've got a little aileron movement beyond gear train clearance.<br>>Someone at the Redmond contest, I don't remember who, asked what hinges I<br>>use. I use 5 CA hinges in ailerons and 3 in each elevator and 4 pin hinges<br>
>in the rudder, due to the high degree of movement.<br>>I now have a broken inboard aileron hinge and this is on a relatively<br>smooth<br>>running 2 stroke (Option-160). I guess I need to double up on them on the<br>
>inboard end, go back to pin hinges or figure out how to balance the flying<br>>surfaces.<br>>Conclusion:<br>>I may contribute to my own problem fitting them with no gap forcing the<br>>hinge plastic to flex in near "0" length. It may be beneficial to cut a<br>
>little relief where the hinges enter the center of the aileron leading edge<br>>'V' to allow some length for a 'bending radius'. I use to do this removing<br>>the MonoKote before gluing but it looked hokey. Now I cut the overlapping<br>
>MonoKote away before ironing it down. In the future I will sand a .010 to<br>>.015 flat from the front of the 'V' where the hinge slots are, maintaining<br>a<br>>neat sanitary uniform appearance. (It's a Hiller thing)<br>
>Yes there probably is a source / quality issue but I don't know who's<br>hinges<br>>are better.<br>>E-Power is looking better all the time:<br>>Jim<br>><br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>
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