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Old 12-09-2003 | 06:36 PM
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Default What to do when CA hinge fails...Help!

Been flying my LT-40, and loving every minute. However, the last day I was out, upon post-flight inspection, I noticed that one of the four hinges on the elevator had severed. It was the inboard on the port side. So, I sealed that hinge area, as well as the other three, checked the elevator for security, and flew her again. It worked fine. I intend to seal the entire elevator control surface gap before my next flight. My question is this. Should I be worried about losing the elevator? There's still three hinges holding it very securely, and there will be a tape seal all along the elevator. I don't see how I could lose it. I just don't know how I could replace that hinge without taking the whole elevator off, and I already had to do that during the build because of some snap in the elevator, so there's not much more room to make a new slot. Should I be concerned here? - Spool