Thank you these are the kind of videos that are super important to this hobby and often overlooked and underrated. These repairs are a lot easier than people think but are a bit overwhelming at first glance most of the time for most people.

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Nice Job Rob! See you around the flying fields!

Stronger than it was when new ! Nice work

Nice work. I know that the video did not have time for a touch up as it would have required some fill and waterbase color match up. Newbees may not know this. Just to mention I use the old formula Sherwin Williams - Lite Spackle to do the fill. The container feels low on weight like it is empty. Lite! I used to use DAP Lite spackle and others but they changed the formula and it doesn't sand nice anymore in a short time period. It takes very little sanding as it dries fairly quick and then I usually blend my waterbase match paint and either mask spray or brush it on. I like to speed up drying time with a warm air blow gun on it also.

Just pour half a stick of hot glue in it that does the job for me every time 😂

Great video , thanks for taking the time to film this .

Nice Rob, glad to see ya buddy, everyone need to learn how to fix their planes, thanks for sharing 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

Great tips, thanks for sharing.

Very helpful. The skewer part is an excellent point to follow.

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

After the fun fly yesterday I am going to need to use some of this!

Thanks. First "minor" repair required today and this video really helped. Grateful 😊

Nice job!!!! You sold me on the Hobbyking adhesive that you made the repair with. I'll add a couple bottles with the airplane order I'm putting together now. Keep up the fantastic work!!! Love the how to videos!!!

@robcaprio1498

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that positive feedback! More to come!

Great video!

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

My little Tundra looked about he same and I just glued the nose back on with Uhu Por without reinforcement. It does look pretty solid though. It’s waiting for first flight after repairs. Should be ok, but I’ll definitely think about reinforcements for the next repair, especially because the foam tends to get a bit mushy from a crash.

Amazing

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Great video,I have the Flight V900.I fix it with epoxy and paint it with testers paints.Testers paints match the paint on the plane very well,almost seamlessly.Thank you for the video

Superb video !there is hope for us all . Fix it don’t bin it !

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

🤞 More on the way!

my Habu is 43% Foam Cure now

I got to put all this advice into practice this weekend when I strained my Arrows Bigfoot through the middle of a ponderosa pine tree, and it came out the other side in about 8 pieces. 5 bbq skewers and 6 hot glue cartridges later it looks like Frankenstein's monster but flies again.

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

Fabulous, dude, what an inspiration. My teacher said a true RC guy is a guy. That's got tape and glue on his plane. I guess that's me .😮

Hot glue is the only glue I’ll ever use on foam planes. Never had a problem and seal so strong that when I crash again those hot glue sections stay intact.

@HAWAII-uh7sc

Жыл бұрын

Hey, Bud, what kind of hot glue gorilla glue?

@GFYM1738

11 ай бұрын

@@HAWAII-uh7sc any hot glue will do

@user-rx8qq8sk9ydv1ce5ib

8 ай бұрын

Agree. But what about the hinges. I tried contact cement still waiting to see if it works

@j3fron

6 ай бұрын

Tbh,, hot glue is the best one for epo/any foamies plane, even polyfoam that easily break 😂

Thanks for this Video. I was gonna buy a new fuse for my V1200 now I know I can glue. 👍👍

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Thank you for the clear explanation. I crashed my Grand Avios Tundra today and need to fix a lot. Too bad that not all parts can be ordered in the Netherlands. I have wanted to order parts 3 months earlier, but they are still not there.. In any case I am going to work on repairing my Tundra. Kind regards Fred

Right on brother, you do awesome work, great job. I'm watching you tonight because I broke my plane today. Haha ha, I will copy you now much, Aloha.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Thanks

I imagine if that foam had had reinforcing spars running through the fuse nose to tail before the crash, it probably would never have broken at all...

@robcaprio1498

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe... but that adds weight... some people wouldn't like that.

@___Aaron___

Жыл бұрын

​@@robcaprio1498 one structural brace that weights a few grams is better then no structure at all.. 😊

I just crashed my new e flite fw 190 and I am devastated. My first crash in the hobby. Looks like it’s not the end of the world upon further research. I can probably fly it again after some glue and replacement parts

Great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! What kind of glue did you use on the cowl? It's plastic...

You can take a piece of the plane and go to hobby Lobby and find the color that best matches the colors on your plane.Thats what I did And a side note,the paint went up in price,it's almost 4 dollars for one little jar.Back in my childhood days it used to cost 50 cents.

Nice video Rob. I'll be sharing on our club's Facebook page. Where can I get a sweet shirt like that?? ;)

@robcaprio1498

2 жыл бұрын

You'd have to order one... we had them custom-made.

ive had better luck over all on large breaks up front where all the weight is by using Hot Glue which adds even more weight up there where its needed anyway. with the C.A.Glue ive had them fracture right on the edge of the repair over time.

👍👍👍👍👍

Nice job. I have gotten presents(?) with pieces of foam broken off the wing. or Tall parts. Do you have hints on fitting a fresh piece of foam?

@robcaprio1498

2 жыл бұрын

I don't at the moment but that's a good idea for a new video so watch this space for an update!

First of all barbecue sticks weaken the foam and everything know hot glue is cheap and the best not epoxy it's too hard .these sticks made weak spots best too use hot glue ,thank for trying to help young people

@robcaprio1498

11 ай бұрын

I've never had skewers weaken anything and even if they did the benefit of having them outweighs the potential loss.

Which CA (thin, medium, thick or foam safe) did you use for the landing gear plate?

Is Foam-Cure the same as Clear Gorilla Glue?

My front-end foam is smashed in and puffed out. I need to reshape my foam back to its original shape before I can glue anything, but I don’t know what I can do to re-shape it.

@robcaprio1498

11 ай бұрын

Heat is your ally here. Use a heat gun (not too close) to heat the foam a bit and then press it back into shape. Sometimes the back of a spoon is very helpful.

I noticed that there was some foam crushed on the left side of the fuselage just behind the nose. Wouldn't this throw off the thrust angle and at a minimum mess up the trim? Is there a way of un-crushing that foam? Thanks.

@BreatheRC

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct ,that's why most people i know leave the foam in hot wat6er for a while for the foam to recover back to as close as original as it can get , then follow this process .

@robcaprio1498

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. A bit of heat applied to the foam and it's reshaped easily.

@kevinlane

2 жыл бұрын

@@BreatheRC problem with the hot water technique is the snakeskin finish afterwards. A tip I find works brilliantly is to GENTLY rub the affected area with the back of a metal spoon whilst the foam is still warm. Done properly you shouldn't be able to tell it was ever reshaped.

@BreatheRC

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinlane Thats exactly the method i use 👍

How do uncompress foam?

Can you use white/wood glue for this repair?

@HobbyKingOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't... I'd suggest always using an adhesive designed for use on foam.

La réparation est très, très moyenne, et la finition est du même jus. Pour la solidité, j'ai un gros doute. La réparation est trop basée sur la colle, et les joncs en bois devraient être plus longs, pour pouvoir encaisser la rotation et l'accélération du moteur et la contrainte du poids de l'accu.

@robcaprio1498

2 жыл бұрын

The repair is just fine and it's as strong or stronger than the original fuselage.

What's needed is a better foam. Beer cooler foam is a joke.