How To: Tape Weave Hinges for Planes

[@michaelguillemette2230]

been looking for a new hinge construction method! Hate the damn beveling! Josh is good at it, but not everyone is! Love this! Thanks for sharing.. an OLD 70's/80's method! #HingeTape

[@ardvarkkkkk1]

Used to use the same thing on balsa control line models in the 60s. We used cloth strips and glue.

[@InterWebGuy99]

Great video. This beats the crap out of trying to cut bevels in all the joints. I'm going with your method from now on. Thanks a lot for the tip.

[@erickvillano2069]

Thank You for an informative video! I have to try this method on my next model.

[@JohnFHendry]

I like the fact you don't need to bevel to foam doing it this way. Foam planes are becoming an art unto themselves. Good example...

[@nirmalwankhede7606]

Best tape hinge I tried on my rc plane Works perfectly, not too hard

[@RockinRobbins13]

Masterful! Thank you Jazzy! All the things we learn AFTER we've made our planes. Not too late for my Grim Reaper though. So you guarantee no crashes if I do your tape weave hinges? COOL!

[@wordreet]

Great job Jazzy! I find this difficult, but I like the result if I get it right. But I haven't done it your way till now, I always put all the tape on and tried to hold it back till I had everything lined up, really tricky. I will try your 'from one end' method next time. :¬)

[@jasmine2501]

Oh yeah, that method is nearly impossible, your tape always gets stuck somewhere wrong trying to hold the ends out. It's tricky to keep it tight when doing one at a time, especially when you get to the end, but if you're careful threading the tape it comes out super tight with no gap.

[@wordreet]

jasmine2501 I tried to develop a method using a very thin piece of music wire to hold all the tape pieces back while I positioned the ailerons and although it worked, it left a bit off a gap when removed. I will try your way on some scrap today. ;¬)

[@michaelguillemette2230]

@@jasmine2501 ... patience, Daniel-San! :P

[@andrewjackson7476]

Excellent! Will give it a try.

[@BansheeFifteen]

Thanks for the video. Good for an application like a foam board surfaces you illustrate, but for a .25 glow model I don't think would be applicable. Good video.

[@jasmine2501]

Actually no! You can use this on huge planes! It is actually quite a bit stronger than the CA hinges that are often used, and it holds better than plastic hinges, because it holds *more* of the control surface in a very balanced way. This is an old technique that used to be popular on fuel planes, although it was done with silk and dope.

[@BansheeFifteen]

jasmine2501 We will have to agree on disagreeing. I know glow fuel models. I would agree it is a strong hinge, new. But glow fuel planes get coated with oil, nitro methane. After some time, all tapes get funky, and all that oil/nitro methane will degrade the adhesive. I only want to do the hinging once. Good hinge for non glow fuel planes, like electrics. Thanks

[@jasmine2501]

I'm not giving an opinion here, we actually did this. You simply have to use adhesives appropriate for the situation, like you ALWAYS have to do. This method does not imply any particular material or adhesive. The entire plane is made of different materials bonded together with adhesives and fasteners and you always have to consider the operating environment when you do that. Do you know how many rotten CA hinges I've seen on fuel planes? Hell, I've even seen people let them get so dirty that it destroyed the WOOD. That's going to be an issue no matter what you do, and pilots who don't clean their planes are going to have problems. That oil is extremely destructive.

[@BansheeFifteen]

@@jasmine2501 In the video, you're using Scotch shipping tape. I would never use that on glow plane or gasser. Also, I've used CA hinges, installed properly, I never had a failure.

[@jasmine2501]

Totally, yeah. I've never had a problem with them either, but you know... a lot of people don't take care of their planes. And yeah, I'm using an adhesive appropriate for the plane I'm working on.

[@Chrizzletrizz]

Very useful, thanks for sharing :-)

[@Cdbarron727]

I like that knife. Where'd ya get it???

[@jasmine2501]

+Christopher Barron It is just a name-brand X-acto knife, you can get them at any hobby shop or hardware store - very popular product. Get the name brand though - there's lots of imitators, but the X-acto brand is slightly better quality, particularly the handles - cheap blades are ok if they fit.

[@kurtownsj00]

Great tip, but those nails would annoy the heck outta me! Then again turning wrenches doesn't lend itself to that, they'll wear themselves down anyway. Thanks.

[@kennethholland1502]

Good idea. Bit of a man manicure would not go astray.

[@DLM517]

I tried the method here on foam planes but wouldn't stick very good. I would like to know the cloth ca method , if you don't mind. I tried his several times and thank you for sharing it with all.