ORIGINAL: tromb
Just an FYI to everybody
DO NOT USE THE INCLUDED "hinge point/control arm" it is junk!
DO NOT USE THE INCLUDED "hinge points" at all J-U-N-K
I lost a extremely well built 182 to hinge failure after figuring that they were O.K.
Put alot of time and effort into self contained anti-collision lights, single point
DB-9 connector for flaps and aeileron control and on and on.
Watched her go into a tree after shedding the right aeileron in level flight.
Found each hinge point had sheared off at the pivot, points still epoxied into the wing and
aeileron.
I have a fuselage that hasn't been flown if anyone wants it cheap.
No Mo China Mo fo me
I'll second that statement!
I looked & looked & looked at them, liked the idea of horn/hinge however.
Thought some more, and finally just went with them. Dried over night and as I was testing them the following am,
at least one broke at the pivot....heavy sigh
.... I KNEW better but....[&o]
Robart's on the way, might still use the horned hinge, as they sit well inside the flight surface & even if the pivot pin breaks, its on the udder' side,
& will still allow control and the other ROBART's will hold it.