ORIGINAL: AirGar
Swoop,
The name's swooper, sir
C'mon....I've assembled many, many, many planes over the years since these CA hinges were introduced, and have had failures on most of them. I did everything but pat my head and rub my belly to get these to work....they just don't work as promised.
Sounds like you used the same technique over and over?
Obviously, you've been lucky,
Thank you, I make my own luck by working carefully. Also, I'm not a speed demon, just the usual sport flyer not trying to overtax my models. Besides, there's plenty of that kind of luck going around because there are plenty of us who haven't experienced these failures.
however, this thread would not be here if there was NOT problems with their use, or reliability.
My reasoning?.... Sure, you can't tug them out....but God forbid you start flexing them at a rate un-accustomed to epoxied hinges.
Gary
Of course we have problems with every product we use, and that's my point. We as a group abuse stuff and it fails. Shoddy work practices, wrong adhesives, and inappropriate applications (used in .40 size models with .90 engines) are likely behind these failures.
Before I'll take somebody's word that a product is "junk" I want to see how it was installed, used, and abused. Polls like this one can't tell the whole story. I'm not trying to start a war, just resisting this tendency on some people's part to malign a good product on the inadequate grounds that it didn't work for
them.
From Sig's webpage on Easy Hinges "Suitable for all models - 1/2A thru .90 size." In other words, they are not for use with gas engines and 1.80 4strokes.