Danny Calderone
Veteran
Location: South Jersey
| Cyanoacrylate tips.A good idea... When assembling the two piece carbon fiber aileron control arms, install the bearings and link balls. Then put a bolt through the entire assembly to make sure everything is aligned properly. If you CA the two halves together and they are not perfectly aligned, the bolt will pass through crooked and the arm will not sit parralel to the frame. That will in turn give you an interaction at the swash when the arm travels through its movement.
Assemble the entire arm and then wet a Q-tip with thin CA and "paint" the edges with CA. It WILL wick in plenty to bond them permanantly. It is also a good ideo to seal the edges of all carbon fiber parts this way. It will aid in preventing delamination in a crash and also keep fuel, water, oil, solvent etc from soaking into the weave when flying, cleaning or being exposed to climate changes. (Old school 12th scale carpet racing tip)
It also makes the edges of your carbon fiber gloss black and smooth, looks sweet.
Danny Calderone.
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