Appropriate Glue on Foam flyers

[ParadingLunatic]

I bought my wife a ParkZone Super Decathalon and got a few successful flights on it. Unfortunatly though, one day was a little gusty but she was handling it well, which is when the battery died while she was pretty high up. The plane started floating down in a circles drifting further in the wind until it lodged itself in a tree. A small branch got caught up in a notch on the rudder and wouldn't come down with out damaging it. After bringing it down, everything but the tail pieces were ok. So I purchased replacement tail pieces for it but I wasn't sure what kind of glue to use to put it back together. I didn't want to use foam proof CA glue simply because I'd be afraid that if we were to damage the tail again that I wouldn't be able to replace the tail without damaging the fuselage. The glue that was on there from the factory almost seemed like rubber cement. Any ideas?

[aeropal]

Glue Test Thread (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=278613)

[Bark65]

I'm in the process of building a foam RC plane. I've been using Gorilla glue. Works good for glueing foam to foam or foam to balsa. Bought it from Lowe's home improvement. Works great. Has a 3 hour drying time, but I'm in no hurry.

[ParadingLunatic]

Ah sweet! Thanks for the info! There's a couple that seem useful for the application I'm looking to do.

[Virg.]

Ah sweet! Thanks for the info! There's a couple that seem useful for the application I'm looking to do.

Hi, Loony, my recommendation for foam-to-foam glue is ANY glue that has a water base. This is not for temp. fixes in the field, but for use on the bench. These would include such ordinary products as Elmer's Glue All. Stay away from "carpenters' glue" as these do not dry WHITE.

ADVANTAGES over other glues (foam-safe CA, epoxy, and carpenters'glue):

1.) Oozing quantities can be smoothed with a damp finger tip,

2.) Can be handled in 30 mins., cured in 24 hrs. or less ..... (bench work tonight ---- fly tomorrow),

3.) If repairs are needed later, the glue seam can be undone using an appropriate blade that fits the area, such as a single-edge razor blade cutting with a left-right push on the ends.

Item #3 alone is enough to adopt water-base glues.
Also, mixing in a small amount in any white foam filler adds strength when filling surface cracks after accident repairs.

Try it; you'll like it!

Virg.

[Dr_Who77]

Glue Test Thread (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=278613)
NEVER get involved with rcgroups. there modrators are full of you know what and will pin you down for spittin on your moniter!

(thats putting it mildly)

epoxy would work great, if worse coems to worst just use white glue.

[flyinhigh]

Sorry you couldnt hang with the rest of us..