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Old 07-04-2010 | 06:55 AM
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learn2turn
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Default RE: Glue for Msr?

I bought and mSR a few days ago and broke the landing skid yesterday, right where the front left upright bar meets the top part with the battery holder.  There's less than 1mm between it in and the servo gear so there's no easy way to add extra material.

gap-filling CA did nothing.

5-minute epoxy did nothing.

Hot glue gun looked like it worked but failed almost instantly.

Using a hot  knife to try to melt and weld the plastic lasted maybe 1/2 dozen flights. 

I'd just go buy two more but the hobby shop is closed for 4th of July

I might try the weld fix again.  I read on another forrum that someone stiffened their gear by wrapping it with thing sewing thread and hitting that with thin CA.  I might try that in addition to the weld fix.  The weld fix failed because it was too flexible and kept bending in the weakened spot.

-l2t