Airplanenuts,
I've used both ripstop and bi-directional tape for hinging. The RSN is much more time consuming and really no better than bi-di. If you need to paint the wings, as in Scale 2610 planes, you may need to put ripstop over the bi-directional tape hinges so that they will take paint equally to the covering on the rest of the wing.

In Open B the ripstop is worth the effort, but for SSC I think you'll find that "taping" the wings with colored packing tape is easier, cheaper, and certainly a lot faster to complete.