Hello Everyone, I'm new to the hobby after many years of saying someday I want to learn how to fly radio control airplanes. I have just finished an Aero Star 40 and starting to build an Eagle 2 for my second airplane. While building the Eagle 2, I noticed that the instructions are very specific in saying that the flight control gap should only be about 1/32 of an inch max. to prevent flutter. The gap on the Aerostar 40 elevator is about 1/8 inch. The Aerostar 40 instrutions just said to push in the hinges until the pin area contacts the surface. I also noticed that the ARF's hanging in the hobby shop also have very small gaps in the flight controls. I probably could have shoved the hinges in a little farther, but was trying to prevent any epoxy from getting on the hinge pin area. The hinges I used are Du-Bro large pinned hinges.

Is 1/8 inch gap anything to worry about before I have the Aerostar 40 test flown? Or is it really that critical?

Thanks