Ok some of you may have read my thread “Newbie Question”. In there I discussed how to increase the throw of the rudder, and ailerons. Well last night while cleaning my plane I noticed something. The hinge gaps for the ailerons are significantly larger than those on my elevator (which has really good authority).

Before I modify the travel for the ailerons I wanted to test sealing the hinge gap. I have read here before that scotch tape is good for this, but I don’t think that it would be a good long term solution. I have also read that you can use thin strips of monokote, but this was done as the wing was being covered. Since my plane is an ARF, I can’t use this approach without pulling the covering off.

So my question to all of you, what do you use to seal your hinge gaps on ARF planes?