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Title: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: aarsh22 on August 10, 2013, 08:38:10 PM
which type of glue is best for fixing a carbon fiber framed rc helicopter? i actually broke the tail boom. i have researched a bit and found out something called CA (cyano-acetate) and epoxy. which one is better to fix a tail boom?. shall i purchase a new tail boom and replace it?. i have tried feviquick but it didn't worked.
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: yashodhanp on August 10, 2013, 08:54:03 PM
FeviKwik and CA are the SAME THING. FeviKwik is just a brand name for it. you should buy a new tail boom for it, since it is not easy to re-glue a tail boom perfectly straight
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: RCNeil21 on August 10, 2013, 09:06:45 PM
Try loctite 495, but dont know if it will be good for heli booms.
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: yashodhanp on August 10, 2013, 09:08:53 PM
@RCNeil AFAIK Loctite 495 is also the same thing and FeviQuick
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: raja_mastana on August 10, 2013, 10:45:19 PM
Buy a new boom - never heard of anyone successfully gluing a broken boom
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: Hellyflyer on August 10, 2013, 10:55:42 PM
Yep I agree with Raja ...you can straighten a littlle bit bent boom but never heard joing one with epoxy or CA

It's not worth crashing your heli again if the joint is not solid.
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: dhruvafreak on August 10, 2013, 10:59:46 PM
Gluing the Boom doesn't seems to be a good idea . Better replace .
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: aarsh22 on August 11, 2013, 01:06:17 AM
i think i should better replace it. but i would try to fix it by epoxy.
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: aarsh22 on August 11, 2013, 01:10:08 AM
Quote from: yashodhanp on August 10, 2013, 08:54:03 PM
FeviKwik and CA are the SAME THING. FeviKwik is just a brand name for it. you should buy a new tail boom for it, since it is not easy to re-glue a tail boom perfectly straight

i searched over the net and i saw feviqwick has 'cyano-acrylate' whereas CA is 'cyano-acetate'. i have no idea about difference between them. anyways, i would replace the tail boom.
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: Shyam Hembram on August 11, 2013, 01:37:19 AM
hii man just replace it with a new one costing only rs 40 from rcbazaar, get it and enjoy it
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: Shyam Hembram on August 11, 2013, 01:53:16 AM
http://www.rcbazaar.com/products/579-tail-boom-hiller-450-pro.aspx
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: yashodhanp on August 11, 2013, 09:33:05 AM
@aarsh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate

CA stands for Cyano Acrylate only
Title: Re: which Glue to be used for rc helicopter
Post by: aarsh22 on August 11, 2013, 01:38:06 PM
ok, CA is a abbreviation of cyano-acrylate, i got it! i am going to replace the boom as i think even after gluing,it wouldn't last long.