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There are often times when a dab of hot glue is essential for tacking a
fixture into place temporarily.  I once hot glued the gear doors on with a
bunch of mixing sticks, then spent way too long scraping off the glue.  
Recently I've had the opportunity to hot glue aluminum angles to the
fuselage, to hold things like consoles or flap motor covers in place when
tacking them down with micro.

Everyone does this.

However, the hot tip is to put strips of "flash tape" on the surfaces being
glued together.  It sticks well enough to hold the hot glue in place, yet
peels off with virtually no residue when the fixture is no longer needed.  A
strip of flash tape, a dab of hot glue, and you're done!

Flash Tape is available from Aircraft Spruce.  Actually, probably any release
tape would work.

Another use for this is making flanges.  Tape up an aluminum angle, hot glue
it to the fuselage (with flash tape there, too) and lay up the BID onto the
angle.  The fixture will pop off readily when cured.

- Rob Wolf
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