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Old 01-15-2012 | 01:20 PM
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Default RE: Minimum Hinge Gap

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They are CA hinges, gaps are not sealed. It's hard to tell where the hinges actually start and end because there seems to be excess glue in the gap. The elevator is the worst; there's a metal rod that joins the elevator halves, but it was not fully inserted when the glue dried (at the factory) and thus the rod is binding on the stabilizer. The ailerons bind when deflected too due to the minimal (ie zero) gap, but somehow the surfaces can deflect just enough to meet the recommended throws - probably from the wood crushing slightly. I figured I'd try to crush the wood to open some room, but really can't fit anything in there.

It's annoying, but I guess I have to live with it. Not worth the resources to ship them back to Horizon. Maybe one day down the road I'll really have too much time on my hands and will end up cutting and re-gluing the hinges.

Thanks for listening to me whine about my new toy.