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- From: jack@rml.UUCP (jack hagerty)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rockets
- Subject: Re: hot glue
- Message-ID: <610@rml.UUCP>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 18:29:02 GMT
- References: <23DEC199220462000@vill.edu> <1hq68oINNdh5@transfer.stratus.com>
- Reply-To: jack@rml.UUCP (jack hagerty)
- Organization: Robotic Midwives, Ltd.
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- In article <1hq68oINNdh5@transfer.stratus.com> cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) writes:
- >In article <23DEC199220462000@vill.edu>, 161685732@vill.edu (JOE PRYSZLAK) writes:
- >> ...how good is hot glue at hoding balsa fins onto paper body tubes?
- >
- >Bloody awful. First, it tends to make a gloppy mess, and even if it
- >doesn't, the glue is much too flexible after it sets. Second, engines
- >usually get hotter than your hot glue gun, and your fins simply fall
- >off in mid-flight.
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-
- This is true, but I've found hot glue handy for attaching little trim
- pieces like the toothpick "antennas" on the Black Brant. Gotta do
- them little guys after every flight :-)
-
- - Jack
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