OK my turn;

That tape "repair" is probably stronger than the original hinge on some smaller electrics. I fly spads, I have seen them that use tape for hinging. I would have done the same thing and flown it. Like he said, just take it easy and have fun! The chance of his tape repair failing is no greater than the chance of anything else that was not broken failing on an aircraft, so using the logic some suggest on here we should never ever fly because it could break and then crash into someone!

Give it a rst already Sheesh!!