When I assembled a few ARF's years ago, the hinges were always either the flat plastic or round plastic hinges.

So now I'm about to assemble the Alpha 40 ARF... and it's got those CA hinges.

There are a few aspects of the hinge attachment process that are a little unclear to me (at least it sounds unclear in the Alpha40 instructions)...

1) the T-Pins: What is the purpose of these during hinge attachment? The instructions say to pierce the hinges "through the center" with the T-Pins before inserting the hinges. But the hinges have rectangular holes in their centers. There is nothing for the T-Pin to stick into. And what is the purpose of the T-Pins? From the way it's described, they don't appear to temporarily hold the hinges in place in any way or serve any purpose.

2) wicking of CA: About how many drops of CA do you normally end up putting on a single hinge? ... that's not a point of confusion for me necessarily but would be nice to have an idea before doing it.

Obviously the T-Pins have some purpose, so I'll feel silly once someone enlightens me about that, but as yet I don't see what they're for or what exactly to stick them into.

Cheers