Hello,

i'm building 60 size airplanes.

The hinges I know so far, and the unique difficulty I have with every kind of them.

• Sig CA hinges (my favorites)
- they are getting stiff – hours to break them in later

• Robart hinge point
- hard to keep one line axis for all hinges => You know you did a mistake and one hinge was 1 [mm] off line when every thing is already glued… (bending with a knock..) []
- most TE’s I met are ¼ width – not much flesh
- because of length the hinge tend to emerge out from the ailerons side
- fear that they are not perpendicular to the surface while gluing
- there is a gap between the surfaces
- hard to keep the epoxy from the axis


• Dubro Nylon Hinges
- Hard to get the epoxy into the slot without gluing the axis
- need to be pined from the outside
- My least favorite


+ I like to hinge first and cover later, this way i cover the gap between the surfaces with monokote => I’m seriously thinking not to use hinges at all and let the monokote be the hinge, well maybe just a small stripe of CA hinge for alignment. already forgot about this!

+ Tips techniques and pictures would be appreciated.

+ I have the GP slot machine, works fine for me.


Thanks
Alex