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Old 11-23-2008 | 12:26 PM
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Default RE: Kit building

in most cases the instructions manual is telling you which glue to use when and where.
High stress places like fire wall and wing halves joints and tail section done with 30 min epoxy

My list of glues is very similar to what RCKen and rcpilot wrote:

Epoxy 30 min, I don’t use 6 min
Elmer’s wood glue or TiteBond 2
Formula 560 for canopy and plastic
trying not to use CA’s but Thin CA for CA hinges

I tested the strength of med CA and titebond, in both cases the joint held and the fracture happened in the wood section and not the glued joint.

You will need masking tape, T-pins and a lot of clamps of all sizes and forms to hold the parts while gluing, you cannot have too many clamps.

Alex