ORIGINAL: Nieuport nut <font size="4">Aviatik DI Build thread </font>
Hi John,
I looked for aluminum nails for the bungee"bollards" without luck so made them from a 6-32 blind nut, tangs flattened, and soldered to a piece of copper plated PCB, Then a 6-32 bolt goes in and a short length of brass tube is soldered over the head and to the blind nut to form a stalk that gets JB Weld-ed through a 1/4" ply gusset and to an 1/8 ply bulkhead. Your way would be simpler!
On Nieuport nut's<font size="4">Aviatik DI </font><font size="2">build thread (page 2 with pics) the use of JB Weld was talked about with reguard to the landing gear, some specific parts anyway, and the strength of the epoxy "weld" was praised as surviving some hard landings even if damaged it seems that it held up or was easily repaired.
So, <u>knowing how bad I will suck at silver soldering</u>, is the JB Weld in place of silver solder an option on this 1/5 scale SE5aor my 1/10 scale Phonix D.III? The Aviatik D1 is 1/4 or 1/3 scale.
1) Is JB Weld a viable option (pros / cons)?
2) Tell me the tools I will need for the silver solder and a link to a YouTube or forum with some good pics. (My search has shown me silver soldering for jewelry.)
3)Tell how much character I will build, IF I can not screw it up like I do electric soldering. (As opposed to how much confidence I might loose.)
</font><div style="margin-left: 40px"><font size="2">I always buy ElectriFly ESC and Lipos because I am willing to pay for the pre soldered connections. And I have tried several times and so far only have one Deans connector done and it looks like a blind monkey on crack did the soldering and is well covered under half a roll of electrical tape
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