Anything to do Before I put this plane together? PIC

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10-08-2010, 05:34 PM

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RE: Anything to do Before I put this plane together? PIC

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CGC, if you are cutting a hinge slot and hit a rib the machine ususlly cuts a nice clean slot in the rib and the glue repairs it. Things like that happen. I have had the Dubros pull loose when using CA. That's when I got into the habit of pinning them from the bottom. I haven't had any pull loose using Gorilla glue but that may just be dumb luck??

Well, that's good to know because I hit one on each Elevator.
As far as cutting a slot for the hinge, I used the handle of the hinge slot tool and just pressed along the hinge slot and it made a nice indention.
I think (at least it's my theory) that the Gorilla glue is a good choice for the hinges because of the ''swell'' you get.... Seems it will put pressure against the wood and hinge to help hold it in. ???? Just my thought....

I started using the original Gorilla Glue for hinge pin holes I had wobbled out too much from trial fitting and the way it expands works great. On flat hinges if the hinge is going into an open bay at takes the least path or resistance and expands to the inside of the plane where you can't see it. Due to the lack of having Pacer hinge glue these days I use the GG for the most part. Good stuff after you figure out how much it expands. Nap time, 7 hours and a gallon of fuel at the field today.