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02-19-2023 | 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by LLRCFlyer

Monokote hinges will work just fine on the Ultimate. I used them on all the flight surfaces of my Balsa USA Phaeton 90 powered with an Enya R120-4C. I built it in 1988 and it still has the original hinges after countless gallons of fuel flown through it..

I have complete confidence in the ailerons and elevators with film hinges, but I do wonder about the rudder, since it will be pull-pull with a really strong servo for the huge rudder. Lots of strong forces in various directions on the hinge back there. I wonder how film hinges would hold up to that over time. When the forces are in some directions, it may tend to peel off the film hinges from the attached surfaces.

edited: or maybe I am just over-thinking this, as I tend to do.

Last edited by Outrider6; 02-19-2023 at 03:23 PM.

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