On CA hinges. I used these at the request of a customer. I tried to talk him out of it but he said that a TOC pilot was using them on his plane and he was doing fine with them. Well the story goes like this. The plane went to Toledo for display at one of the booths then after that the plane was test flown. On the first flight the hinges pulled out , not just the hinge but the wood as well. A few days later the TOC pilot also lost his plane for the same reason. I do not use CA hinges on anything of .40 size casual planes if they are going to be hot dogs I use Robart Hinges. It is not worth risking the plane for a few cents in hinges.


Chris Puckett