Re: Re: Flight Trim Adjustment

From: LeRoy C Cordes <lcordes_at_juno.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:11:33 -0600

Cal, keep in mind that ZAP-A-GAP is a somewhat thick gap filling CA and
won't work very well for Bill's technique except maybe for converting a 2
piece tailboom into a 1 piece tailboom..

LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:15:12 -0000 "calgoddard" <calgoddard_at_yahoo.com>
writes:
> Bill:
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> I learned then "bend but not beak" technique from Cezar Banks and
> John
> Hutchison, our experts out West.
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> Of course success depends on the quality of the wood in the tail
> boom
> and the instinctive touch. However, I was taught to breath heavily
> on
> the segement that is to be bent ahead of time. Apparently the moist
>
> hot breath enhances the ability to coerce the balsa to the correct
> shape without breaking. I am sure you know all this but I say it for
>
> benefit of the other less experienced members of this group.
>
> Thanks for the tip about reinforcing (and repairing) a break with
> cyano acrylate (CA), i.e super glue, aka ZAP-A-GAP.
>
> Calgoddard
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LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust
Received on Tue Dec 12 2006 - 08:34:33 CET