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Old 06-26-2007 | 09:44 AM
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Default RE: replacing one aileron CA hinge

You CAN stuff it in there if you like, but don't use CA to hold it in there if you had originally used CA to secure the hinge. It will debond the CA that is in there and cause you more problems. It is best to remove the hinge and replace it in a diffierent location. This may require you to remove ALL the hinges and start again. ( It may not actually debond it, but it does do someting to the CA or the hinges that causes them to detach from the material that they were originally bonded to. )

I know this to be a fact because I ran into this with my Tiger 60 ARF when I first put that together. After I put the ailerons on and hinged them, my instructor told me to never re-ca a hinge after it has the original three to five drop application. He said that they will come undone and may cause a crash. Well, I caught it after a flight when I just wiggled the aileron and saw slop in one, grabbed it and it pretty much popped off in my hand, just the way he said it would. So, I removed all control surfaces and relocated the hinges with only ONE application of CA and it bonded perfectly. I still have the Tiger 60 and it still flys great, and the hinges are solid.

Hey, that may take you all of a half hour to do, but you will be much better off and have a safer plane than you did before.

DS.