Hello All...I am assembling a Venus II. This ARF comes with mylar hinges (i believe they are mylar). Some where i read that you should soak the hinges in alcohol (then let them dry) before using them. To the best of my memory the purpose of the "soak" is to remove any foreign coating or grease that might be on the hinge, thus providing greating adhesion ability for the hinge when applying CA. Any one know of this practice i.e. if this is a proper and proven method of preparing mylar hinges?

never heard this before.
are we talking about the "solid" plastic type or the fluffy cyno hinges?

if they are solid, just sand them to roughen the surface.

I would agree, if they are mylar just roughen the surface and use slow zap to fix in position, however, in my experience mylar hinges add much greater resistance forces to the servos, you would be better off just substituting them for standard pinned hinges and have a stress free installation, IMHO.

Hope this helps.

regards,

Andy.