Okay, how am I suppposed to go about getting these hinges in? I don't think I'm getting them in far enough, but they must be. I mean, there are several of them for each aileron, as you know, and I have to CA all six into their respective slots? But, it's nearly impossible, since if one is glued in place, the others are inaccesible.

Please, help! What's the trick?~?~?~?~?~!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's an article on doing the hinges. You install all hinges first, then apply adhesive. The article covers it well. Hope this helps

http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...?article_id=55

flynte

While I am not sure what plane we are disscusing, however the best way to make sure that your CA hinges are equal in both surfaces is to insert a T pin in the middle of the hinge and push it into the wing or aileron until it is touching the pin. Leave all the pins installed and install the hinges into the other surface so that it is touching the pin. Once you have the surface installed so that all the hinges have the pins touching both surfaces, you can remove the pins. At this point you can close the gap if needed and then glue them in with thin CA. Make sure that you do both sides of the hinges with the thin CA. Be careful not to use to much glue. Once you have finished glueing and it is dry, give the surface a pull test to make sure that your work is correct. Good Luck, Dave

That is why I said you need thin CA in your other thread. You assemble the entire aileron, all hinges both sides. Deflect the aileron and apply 3 or 4 drops to where each hinge is located. The CA hinges are designed to allow thin CA to wick into the rest of the hinge from the center which is the only place you can get at the hinge when it is put together.
Read the article flynte posted.

Thanks, got it. What are the consequences of ailerons that are not close enough to the wing, as mentioned in that article?

If the ailerons have a little gap you needn't worry unless it is a high speed plane. You could develop flutter. If this is a trainer, you'll never notice a problem unless you are in a high speed dive which you probably won't attempt.
That being said, if the gap is really large you could seal them with monokote.

There are several threads around here detailing that procedure and Ken has one in his LT-40 build thread I believe.

The one aileron is perfect. The other has a slight gap. It looks rather bad, but oh well. As long as it doens't casue any problems in flight. Thanks for all of your help, especially Missleman, who, I am sure, wants to knock me up side the head on a daily basis .

LOL,
No, the only thing I want from you is a thread about your successful maiden flight. (some pictures would be nice too )