For those of you with too much time on your hands;

There are many of us who have endured the inadequacies of CA hinges. We know how to install them, but later realized that they are just not sufficient for our style of flying. As I clearly stated, they are JUST FINE if you don't actually use them. People who fly with maximum throw, repetitive inputs, high stresses and who fly hundreds of hours that way should stay FAR away from such JUNK.

It's great that you can fly big ovals for a hundred years on paper hinges, but some of us don't fly that way. Any application with more than 30 degrees of throw, repetitive cycles and high aerodynamic stress requires and ACTUAL hinge, not a piece of glorified construction paper and some krazy-glue.

Get over yourselves. Just because some of us have found the limits to a design DOES NOT indicate, necessarily, that we are incapable of following SIMPLE instructions.

Jeez, what a bunch of know-it-alls. Ask yourselves why there are so few younger people entering this fine hobby, but do so in front of a large mirror.

CA hinges are JUST FINE for light applications. Technology has granted us more powerful TOY airplane engines, lighter TOY airframes, better TOY airplane design and frankly, we have outgrown paper/saran-wrap hinges. They are JUNK when used in a modern high performance TOY airplane...but they are just fine in any trainer of 'warbird'.

Seriuosly, do you really think you are that much smarter than everyone else, or are you just afraid of the little 10 year-old kids who can out-fly us all?

It's pretty sad, in my opinion, that anyone would assume that repetitive failures of a given design could only be due to 'improper installation'. Just in case you didn't notice, many of us can read, follow instruction, fly circles around you and give sound advice too. It's great that a man with over 30 years of experience in the hobby is willing to give advice, but he should be willing to take some too. (Not to mention that his knowledge of a constantly-evolving technology is as much as 30 years old).

This hobby is not just about scale warbirds anymore. It's a multi-faceted group with diverse interests and we are being ignored by the very people whom WE PAY to advance our hobby.

I, for one, have access to large PRIVATE acreage. That is where I fly. I have grown weary of club politics. I am selective about whom I invite to fly with me, and I can afford to have planes buit for me.

Please don't make such bold assumptions. You look foolish. CA hinges are not intended for CERTAIN styles of flying. We are not idiots, we can read and follow simple instructions. I appologize for my lengthy post, but I have grown weary of those of you who just plain REFUSE to acknowledge that this hobby is changing for the better.

With the advent of 2.4GHZ freq-hopping technology, the necessity of dedicated flying sites will wain. A runway is just a flat spot on the earth, nothing more. A club can exist independent of a flying site and I suspect that many more will...Again I apologize for my passionate response, but I am a bit frustrated by the stubbornness of the 'old guard'.