RE: BUSTED CA HINGE
I think I read 4 postings here that say,"if installed correctly". This being my first A/C with CA hinges, and this being only its 8th flight, I have to assume I did something wrong during the install. But the biggest mistake i made and the one I need to make sure everyone who reads this is aware of, is my pre-flight. I obviously missed a broken hinge during pre-flight. That is a HUGE miss.
I have already replaced my rudder hinges with Robart nylon hinges. The epoxy will set tonight and tomorrow will be an ops check. But you can bet I will check my A/C out alot better from here on.
As to wether or not my install was correct on the CA hingee, I can only say that the reason I installed CA's to begin with was because I read a posting here in RCU detailing how to install them. There was a gap of several weeks between the reading of the post and the actual installation. So maybe I goffed it up anyway. At any rate, I will stick with what I know. Which is nylon Robarts.