You rock duude.... She'll fly again!!
Gotta put that katana BACK together!!
Ok when ya dork a plane you gotta put it back together. Just a couple of pics to gander at. 
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If you look in the pics above you can see I removed the top of the fuse from the wings. I glued everything back together inside the sheeting then glued it back onto the wing itself. I did all this with medium CA......its what I had in my flight box while I was waiting outside the hobby shop door. :wink:
Then a few more pics after I got home......pieced it all back together using thin an medium CA an a little kicker to speed the process. I was going to get some 1/16 lite ply to laminate to the fuse but the LHS doesnt have any. I wanted to samwhich the TE of the wing between ply since the fuse cracked top an bottom of the wing......then run it back the fuse an cover the entire cracked area. Promblem is thats a huge crack since it runs on an angle up across the fuse an I dont have any light ply. Any of you guys have a good idea of what to do with it or do I just need to order in some ply? I thought about glassing it but im not real big on that idea.
Then a few more pics after I got home......pieced it all back together using thin an medium CA an a little kicker to speed the process. I was going to get some 1/16 lite ply to laminate to the fuse but the LHS doesnt have any. I wanted to samwhich the TE of the wing between ply since the fuse cracked top an bottom of the wing......then run it back the fuse an cover the entire cracked area. Promblem is thats a huge crack since it runs on an angle up across the fuse an I dont have any light ply. Any of you guys have a good idea of what to do with it or do I just need to order in some ply? I thought about glassing it but im not real big on that idea.
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Im thinking about leaving the wing fillets off an building new ailerons as I feel these are too small plus there so far from the fuse they dont get as much prop wash as Id like.
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dont ya just love pull'n that kind of covering off?
Can ya say the N word?......NOGATOR said:dont ya just love pull'n that kind of covering off?
What do you think guys......lite ply the whole thing? Maybe resheet it with balsa?
Good bet is the lite ply but not to much, but I have made due
You could;
If this is a soild sheet fuse, Cut some slots (2 or 3 should do) across the crack and inlay some spruce 1/2 (or the thickness of the fuse) x 1/8 by 8" or so On edge, If you cant get spruce you can use popcicle sticks.
Not so slick but I have done this.
You could;
If this is a soild sheet fuse, Cut some slots (2 or 3 should do) across the crack and inlay some spruce 1/2 (or the thickness of the fuse) x 1/8 by 8" or so On edge, If you cant get spruce you can use popcicle sticks.
Not so slick but I have done this.
Do it man!!!
Who cares if she flys in a constant left-hand circle. The circle flyers will never notice. :lol:
Who cares if she flys in a constant left-hand circle. The circle flyers will never notice. :lol:
Heres the rest of the patch job....
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isnt that the engine you have :?: i saw the gold head :?:
a gms 47
maybe not
a gms 47
maybe not
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That would be a webra .50, you need to go to a free eye clinic? I looked at the pic an the head does look goldish dont know why....its not. I did have .47 at one point though.....Im still not sure what I think about itdhooks said:
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that weird
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