Hello all,
I'm putting together my ARF plane and am also changing the CA hinge to pinned type Dubro hinges. One of the hinges after making the slot fits loose, the others are nice and snug. My question is that does the glue take up the slack/sloppyness of the hinge later? I'll note also that I'm using hinge glue. I'm thinking worse case senario, that I could put another one next to this one, but since being a ARF I didn't wan't to patch up the monocote.
Thanks,
Pat

You can use epoxy to glue in the hinge just make sure to center the hinge in the slot that you cut.

Karol

Gorilla glue will expand, taking up any slop unless it's a real mess?

Hi Ahicks mentioned in his reply unless it a real mess. So I went down stairs and put in the hinge with two pieces of note book paper, one on each side of the hinge just to see how much space there was. With a piece on each side it's snug enough not to fall out and you feel a bit of resistance, in other words if it was like that in the beginning I would be content. Hopefully this gives you a better explanation. With this said would you think I'd have any problem just glueing it in. Thanks again.
Pat

What kind of glue are you thinking of?

I'm using 560 canopy glue. I did the ailerons already now I'm working on the tail section. I like the canopy glue for two reasons, it's water based with easy cleanup and it dries simular to silicon, not brittle.
Thanks,
Pat

That also means that the hinge can flex ( soft silicon ), NOT a good thing. Sounds like you are going to have problems in the future with that set up. Sory to bust your bubble. ENJOY !!! RED

Let me rephrase what I said about the glue. When I stated it dries like silicone, I meant it is not brittle, does not dry solid like epoxy, but is very ridgid. The product is Formula 560 Part# PT-56. It is the exact same as the old hinge glue. I called the manufacturer (ZAP) and asked about the product, because I didn't like working with epoxy due to clean up and the Gorilla glue foaming action didn't appeal to me either, I'm sure it's a great product. ZAP discontinued the product because they bottled the glue as Hinge glue and also Canopy glue, the only difference was the color when dried. The hinge glue dried to a beige color. It wasn't profitable to bottle the glue in two seperate bottles. I also talked to the East coast distributor directly and he is a RC flier also who uses the product.. All this info was my direct talking to the Manufacturer and Distributor. I also did my searches on this site and there are a large number of people using this on there large scale planes. I did a test piece on some balsa and glued it in, and tried to pull it out. The results was that the hinge did not seperate from the wood, the wood broke with all the hinge still intact. I'm hoping this explantion of the glue will also help others.
Thanks for the inputs,
Pat

Pat, that sounds like a good way as any....I may even try that. Capt,n

Thanks for the rephrase, that I can go along with, I just didn't want people trying to use " Silicone " that stayed soft and let the hinge pull out. I'm not even a fan of using it to hold servo's in foamies. ENJOY !!! RED