I think you missing the prime attraction of CA hinges in their ability to get the entire surface set the way you want it, with hinges in place and your gap set the way you like it without binding AND THEN just wick in the CA with the pipet or applicator.

If too much CA is used, it too will make the hinge brittle and can lessen travel. Inspect your hinge slot area and if there isn't extra CA visible (when you know you've added the appropriate 10 drops or so depending on size) then you're good.

I always use the thinnest CA I can obtain for this, and then saturate both sides to be sure it wicks to anchor the joint where needed.

The major issue I've had with CA hinges is they will fail when used in planes having very harsh operating environments for example:

1) high vibration (think 4 strokes .82 or larger)
2) extreme surface travel (think 3D applications of 45 degrees or more)
3) cold operating environment (winter)
4) continually soaked by high nitro fuels

One or more combinations of the above will shorten the life of CA hinges. I've attempted to use the more stout "giant scale" variety, but even these will eventually fail where more robust designs will not.

If the plane must cope with the above conditions, I will substitute robart or dubro (steel pin) hinges of the appropriate size and use 30 minute epoxy or polyurethane glue to adhere them. It's more work and harder to set up but it beats digging out the old hinges when they DO fail.

For small planes and small loads under "normal" conditions CA hinges can work fine.

Joe