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Old 03-13-2004 | 09:19 AM
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Default RE: My Experience with CA hings

One reason Iv'e used CA until now is that I read about too many negative aspects of installation. I found the pinned hinges went reletivly well with an assembly plan. After preping the slots which was about the same as for CA. Trim mono, drill center, etc. Mix enough epoxy as suits your working speed. Installed all flying surface divided by four surfaces at a time. (left wing panel, right then elv.) Then followed same for control surfaces. at fifteen minutes per section it took two hours with another half hour for rudder. With epoxy there is plenty of tome to reposition and clean up as necessary. The results were flawless. No resistance and a nice hinge line. As far as the free swing of the hinge it translates as more servo torque to the control surface and less fighting a solid piece of plastic. Also it offerd a nice even hinge line. Joe
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