I use the dubro hinges mostly. I take a paper punch an put a large hole in the center that intersects with many of the smaller ones already there. Then fold the hinge in half to dip the actual pivot point in melted vaselene incase glue gets in there. The biggest diffrence is I use gorilla glue or similar for the hinge. When it kicks off it foams into the large hole forming a rivet and not requireing pinning.

Most of my planes are racers or for high speed. 160 hasn't hurt this type of hinge at all.

Covering for a hinge works fine on small models as already mentioned.