07-22-2019, 09:24 AM
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Mad for modrocs
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Join Date: May 2019
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 71
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Originally Posted by georgegassaway
IIRC, the old method from the 1970's was to use "Ambroid" glue, which is no longer made. Perhaps Testor's "wood glue" would work well enough.
For those who wonder why even do it, it's an old-school F/F model plane method to provide some "ding resistance" to a leading edge of small balsa wing gliders (usually hand-launch type).
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Is SIG's Sig-ment similar enough to Ambroid to work? And yes, I thought I'd give monofilament a try as I keep getting serious dings in my glider leading edges. Was also under the impression HLG/DLG builders used monofilament to reinforce the LE as well?
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