CeeGee... If it worked before it should work now.. That's on the fuel lines!!
I have seen a couple UCD's (.60) and they did not have tail wires, And that
was not the cause of there demise... But reading of "some" of those that had
stab. failures, It seems like it's just a light weight insurance...
On CA hinges... I was starting to think that they could be a problem for high
"big surface" movements.. But now I'm starting to wonder! I would hope that
the pinned or robart type hinges are better.. But I have been putting the CA
hinges on my used UCD through quite a lot with a lot of full throw movements
and no problems to date!! So I'm really starting to believe it's how there
installed for our sized planes... I think CA hinges with the proper gap between
the surfaces with good CA penetration and maybe the crayon method on the
CA hinge line to assist in it not getting as hard on the hinge line, should work
great on our sized planes... If you do go with pinned hinges, cover the slots
and the hinge with epoxy and also pin them and cut the excess of the pin off..
Make sure to use grease or the likes on the swivel part to prevent any gluing
of the hinge and they should last forever....