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Post by Dillzio on Aug 11, 2010 3:12:13 GMT 1
Hinge tape looks downright ugly up-close  Yeah, well so does your ars.... wait, nevermind. Fly, point taken that I do seem to thrive on putting lots of time and effort into my cub, but I've also read that it's good to keep the top surface of the wing smooth without any recesses cut out of it because that's where the airflow is most critical, cos it's where you get all your lift from. I guess I found a good excuse to do something an 'easy way' and ran with it. Sometime right after this post John showed up as a guest when I see his posts. Did he get booted for that or is it just me? I sincerely doubt Paul would boot anyone over something so trivial, he usually lets us regulars get away with murder anyway  . I also noticed that John66 has been logging in as a guest, but this predates the post you mentioned. My bet is that he forgot his password, cos his browser had been entering it automatically then his cache got cleared. |
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Post by ginginho on Aug 11, 2010 10:15:14 GMT 1
Hinge tape looks downright ugly up-close Yeah, well so does your ars.... wait, nevermind. I'm with Erwin on this. I can't believe you didn't use some of your covering for your hinges. Several reasons why it's better: 1) Aesthetics 2) Stronger material 3) Stronger adhesion to covering. |
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Post by john66 on Aug 11, 2010 10:26:16 GMT 1
Hinge tape looks downright ugly up-close Yeah, well so does your ars.... wait, nevermind. Fly, point taken that I do seem to thrive on putting lots of time and effort into my cub, but I've also read that it's good to keep the top surface of the wing smooth without any recesses cut out of it because that's where the airflow is most critical, cos it's where you get all your lift from. I guess I found a good excuse to do something an 'easy way' and ran with it. Sometime right after this post John showed up as a guest when I see his posts. Did he get booted for that or is it just me? I sincerely doubt Paul would boot anyone over something so trivial, he usually lets us regulars get away with murder anyway . I also noticed that John66 has been logging in as a guest, but this predates the post you mentioned. My bet is that he forgot his password, cos his browser had been entering it automatically then his cache got cleared. Homosexual, homosexual, homosexual! Nope wasnt booted for that. I was rather drunk had abit of a row with the missus about how much time I spend with my head buried in my laptop, so went ahead, deleted this account, then went on to delete the pzspitsquad board I had created. Then went even further to go onto to squadron leaders spitfire forum call them all a bunch of C[_]nts & w@nkers for the unsavoury welcome I received there when I joined and posted a link to the forum I had created then the proceeding messages my board received from certain SL members..........Woke up next day couldnt quite remember what exactly I had done, then remembered me+booze+internet dont mix, so here I am starting with 1 post. Re hinges....I meant in conjunction with tape to smooth the top of the wing, I thought I said that. I hope that clears things up, ahem hangs head in shame! John |
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Post by Dillzio on Aug 11, 2010 14:07:27 GMT 1
I'm with Erwin on this. I can't believe you didn't use some of your covering for your hinges. Several reasons why it's better: 1) Aesthetics 2) Stronger material 3) Stronger adhesion to covering. Well, I'd never built a plane before so I was learning as I went along. I do have some covering left so it's not too late if I want to make the change. I guess I thought blenderm hinge tape would be better because it's flexible, and came highly recommended from a few different sources I read about. Also, I couldn't get the stuff other than ordering it from the US so I guess it seems sort of special to me  . I suppose there's no reason I can't move the ailerons down all the way, then put some profilm straight over the blenderm for aesthetics. That way the film shouldn't be so tight as to restrict the movement of the ailerons. Alternately, I guess I could get rid of the blenderm altogether and just use the profilm. I'm pretty busy with my uni course at the moment, and I'm not too bothered about the look of the hinge tape, so I'll probably just put that particular task in the too hard basket for now. John - try not to feel too bad about your drunken rant, we all do it sometimes, and blowing off some steam can be highly therapeutic. I think most of us also experience a bit of flack from the Mrs about the amount of time we spend on the SCC forum, I know I do! Perhaps you should do the mature, responsible thing and just buy her a puppy? |
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Post by john66 on Aug 11, 2010 14:42:30 GMT 1
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Post by Dillzio on Aug 11, 2010 15:01:12 GMT 1
hmm, gee. Well, I hate to advocate the use drugs, but perhaps you could just 'slip her a mickey' and put her to bed so you can go about your business in peace and quite? |
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Post by john66 on Aug 11, 2010 15:19:05 GMT 1
hmm, gee. Well, I hate to advocate the use drugs, but perhaps you could just 'slip her a mickey' and put her to bed so you can go about your business in peace and quite? Or perhaps I could buy her a Cubby! ;D Sorry for the thread hijack higgsbosonman. John |
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Post by ginginho on Aug 11, 2010 15:50:31 GMT 1
I'm with Erwin on this. I can't believe you didn't use some of your covering for your hinges. Several reasons why it's better: 1) Aesthetics 2) Stronger material 3) Stronger adhesion to covering. Well, I'd never built a plane before so I was learning as I went along. I do have some covering left so it's not too late if I want to make the change. I guess I thought blenderm hinge tape would be better because it's flexible, and came highly recommended from a few different sources I read about. Also, I couldn't get the stuff other than ordering it from the US so I guess it seems sort of special to me . I suppose there's no reason I can't move the ailerons down all the way, then put some profilm straight over the blenderm for aesthetics. That way the film shouldn't be so tight as to restrict the movement of the ailerons. Alternately, I guess I could get rid of the blenderm altogether and just use the profilm. I'm pretty busy with my uni course at the moment, and I'm not too bothered about the look of the hinge tape, so I'll probably just put that particular task in the too hard basket for now. Blenderm is good for the depron/blue foam type scratch builds where looks aren't a priority or a particularly strong joint is needed, but after the efforts you put in covering the SC, it would've been nice to have finished it off properly. As and when you get round to it, you'll need to do what you state for the top of the wing, then fully deflect in the other direction and do the bottom on either the control surface or the wing but not both together, without the two sheets meeting until you are ready. This can be tricky but once sorted, you should have a gap of a few mm. Alternatively you can add a small piece at each end of the gap prior to appying any full length pieces, to set alignment, it makes putting the first full length pieces on easier afterwards. Position the surface at roughly zero deflection and heat the two sheets along the hinge line so that they bond, and attach the rest of the bottom strip. This is very strong and will not come apart. Practice on some offcuts first if you have any and enough film. Use the same colour film as applied to the wing/control surface. It'll look much sweeter when done, trust me. If this doesn't make sense, search the web for "film hinges" or something similar, there are plenty of sites that show how to do it. |
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Post by higgsbosonman on Aug 12, 2010 20:55:23 GMT 1
Sorry for the thread hijack higgsbosonman. John it's okay. i got the info i needed. |
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