South Dakota Rock 1, Extreme 0
Posted by Greg Smith on Nov 7, 2003, 23:53
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Last trip out was the first time to SD in several trips that I damaged one of my favorite planes so I feel pretty lucky, but there is still a twinge of pain to see my current favorite plane get damaged. Don't worry I can fix it and it will fly as well as ever. Still, the first dent so to speak is a bummer.
This repair is meant to be structurally strong and look decent but I am not trying to be a perfectionist here. This plane is one of my most often flown and likely will get whacked again.
I have used 30 minute epoxy and micro balloons for most of the internal gluing and ACP EZ-LAM for the outer skin repair.
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| The damage on the top |
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| The damage on the bottom |
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| Gluing the aileron skins back together |
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| After the glue |
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| The skin seperated from the subspar so I am gluing it back together here |
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| Using Mylar to make a smooth finish |
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| Bottom done |
More pix to come.
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