ORIGINAL: House2twist
I'll have to agree with everyone on the thing CA-ing EVERYTHING.
I happened to overlook (i forgot [:@]) to do it and prior to flying this weekend thought i'd go over everything. Good thing i did. My canopy blocks with the blind nuts were wiggling loose along with another piece of the canopy wood. Couple joints where the canopy sits were a little loose and a few other minor things. I took a good 30 minutes and went over every part of the plane with thin.
In my mind, a bottle of thin CA is a lot cheaper then a new airframe.
I wonder if anyone has ever put a G meter on one of these models to see what they go through as we thrash the sticks about? My point being is that the glue joints probably take a beating over time due to flying stress...and then what about the vibration? Wood is really good in that it does not fatigue like metals do but the glue can only take so many bending cycles..so yes, checking and regluing as needed is great advice.
James