I do this but run a strip of packing tape over the outside seam before it expands. Makes a seamless repair

@tomkowalsky

Жыл бұрын

Excellent idea. Thank you for the tip.

@shanemichaels8289

Жыл бұрын

@@tomkowalsky works great and stronger than the surrounding foam. I repaired a timber x fuselage that broke in two in a crash. It held so good that the next time I crashed it breaking it in two again my repair held and it broke 2 inches away 😂. So it’s repaired again and getting ready to fly again after some spackle a repaint and night timber x decals I ordered. Also the fuselage aft of the cabin is weak. I filled a section with great stuff foam. Not much added weight with much more strength

@tomkowalsky

Жыл бұрын

@@shanemichaels8289 More good tips. Many thanks brother

@shanemichaels8289

Жыл бұрын

@@tomkowalsky if you don’t wet the gorilla glue to accelerate drying time it doesn’t foam as much. Where I live it’s always 50-100% humidity so it gets moisture to cure it takes longer but less expansion. Also to get kinks and wrinkles out of epo use a household iron medium to medium low with a sock on it. It will expand and correct the foam back to its original state. Just be careful and don’t hold itit too long

Unfortunately I have to try this. Thanks for busting a perfectly good fuselage.

@tomkowalsky

Жыл бұрын

LOL. My pleasure

@Wings_of_foam

5 ай бұрын

Haha

Ciao,tu dici di usare comune colla bianca,ma dal ideo noto che è giallina,quasi trasparente,potresti indicarmi precisamente quale?grazie

Thanks for share your opinión Best regards

Hot glue is stronger, quicker, cleaner and only takes 2 minutes (tops) for a stronger than before repair.

@tomkowalsky

11 ай бұрын

We would agree to disagree. We have used hot glue in some of our repairs, but found it tends to melt the foam away. Heat and Styrofoam are not always great friends. However, we find the activated gorilla glue to be more than adequate for our repairs and has not let us down yet. But rest assured, hot glue is in our toolboxes

Any idea on the best way to seperate two pieces of foam that have been glued together? Ive been using an exacto knife but its cutting too much of the foam out, its a tail section of a b25 im trying to get to a bad servo.

@tomkowalsky

10 ай бұрын

People have been known to employ an electrified thin wire to have a laser like affect and cut through foam. I think you should look into something like that. there are lots of KZread videos, and I don’t think it’s very complicated to do it all. It’s basically like a tablesaw for foam lol.

@mariochesser7849

7 ай бұрын

Denatured Alcohol will loosen up the glue.

What do you do with the cable sheaths sevos in the fuselage? I crash with turbo timber evo and should split the fuselage to glue cable sheaths in place.... And that's not so easy like you show....

@tomkowalsky

8 ай бұрын

I think my Delta rate is quite different. It broke in a place that did not affect any servo mounting at all, so I was able to make the repair that I did. Well, rather, I broke it in a spot lol.

Hi, can i use epoxy

@tomkowalsky

6 ай бұрын

Sure can

After a quick fly , God knows what I did, it crashed. Broke tail off and smashed the front . I fixed with hot glue. I think the problem is the foam is crap. I have another plane with the softer foam and it's pretty much indestructible. Cant seem to find activated Gorilla, But then i am in Australia a real life example of time dilation 😊

@tomkowalsky

2 ай бұрын

I think you misunderstood. You use regular white gorilla glue activated by spraying a tiny amount of water to make it foam.

@chuckmaddison2924

2 ай бұрын

@@tomkowalsky Much appreciated, thank you.

Hot glue much faster 😮

@tomkowalsky

Жыл бұрын

Whatever works for you but we don't aim for fast we aim for GOOD. We don't care for hot glue so much as it is harder to work with and less fudge time to align your parts. But respect, whatever works for YOU is what works. Happy Landings.

Bloody vandal!

@tomkowalsky

Ай бұрын

LMAO