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Old 12-18-2006 | 10:37 AM
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Had some 30 min epoxy set-up faster than I could triple check the horizontal stab alignment with the wing and it came out a ferw degrees off. Has anyone had any success braking the H Stab to fuse epoxy joint enough to do some realignment?
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Old 12-18-2006 | 10:51 AM
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Try heating the epoxy with with heat gun (work carefully and wear gloves). You may be able to soften the epoxy enough to reposition it . . . if the tail doesn't catch fire first.

If that doesn't work, and depending on the model, you can saw it loose with a hacksaw blade or as fine an X-acto saw or razor saw as you can fit in there and re-attach. The balsa will break long before the epoxy if you try to force it apart. Epoxy is kind of overkill for most joins on a model. Now you see why.
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Thanks for the info

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Old 12-19-2006 | 09:17 AM
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Having to do many plane repairs I use a dremel to sand/cut off excess epoxy. make sure to use a face mask and try not to breath the fumes. I have no idea how it affects you but I have caught a powerful whiff of ca glue while cutting out a former and it about knocked me out. Now I use a small fan while I repair planes to keep dust and fumes away for my face.

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