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Old 02-01-2002 | 01:51 AM
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Default jet hinges ?

I've never used the cloth hinges on anything big, much less a jet. I would not feel right as I can not convince myself that the CA has penetrated deep enough. I use the biggest size Robarts and use reasonably hard balsa for them to go into. Then I drill the hole such that I can hardly get them in and the barbs make it such that I may not even need adhesive. Then I take a hypodermic needle, rip out the needle and drill the end out, fill with long cure epoxy and put a lot in each hole. I add a drop of oil to each hinge at the rotation point and insert. Then stand the plane up or what ever so that the epoxy pools around the hinge point/trailing edge interface creating a kind of epoxy washer that locks the whole deal in. Let it cure and break it loose. Never had a single hinge come loose this way. Eddie does a similar set up but uses that new polyurethane adhesive that expands. He has had great luck with that and it is easier, but I like my way. Habit I guess.