jeff2wings
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The wings are a mess ,will have to re-spar both R/H side , new tail and rudder needed , yes , heater for the pilot it's a bit nippy in that cockpit this time of year !! ( it's for engine cooling of course )
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Yes , I’ve seen a few battered Beavers’ in my time as well Pete , mostly due to finger trouble. Anyway , the F1 former was removed an cleaned up and the fuselage side repaired along with the wing mounting struts , I also removed all the top decking in order to sheet in this part to make a hot air tunnel that exits at the cockpit . I then had to re-work the tail end as this was damaged when I tried to remove the covering from the tail plane that was so badly made with very soft wood that it fell to pieces !
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SG glad the problem looks to be fixed , had not realised that epoxy does not like eplor ( bit like me then LOL ! ) always something new to learn TS7 thats kind of thing I was thinking of , luckily SG won't need to take a angle grinder to the Fun Cub now.
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O.K. in the post to you , as for being careful after 40 years of doing this I still get hanger rash at the building stage , never mind getting them into the car !
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Steve , I’m afraid to say that all the suggestions made are just “sticking plaster” fixes and you need to be braver to make a proper repair (IMHO that is) in the form of some light ply doublers that you can attach a ply motor plate to , there seems to be a fundamental weakness with the motor mount that is being made worse with the bigger motor , the doublers will stabilise the structure and give you a sold mounting area , if that makes no sense I can do a sketch for you
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Well against my better judgement I have decided to re-build a pile of matchsticks , er , I mean a Flair Legionaire that I got of e-bay ( after its owner cart wheeled it on takeoff and broke all the spars on the right hand wing panels ), mostly for its wheels and cowling , but then I thought “it doesn’t look that bad , I can fix that “ after all I have done it before...................... So here we go with Legionaire No 3 and while I’m at it I’ll make it into a Nieuport N27 as I will need to make a new tail and rudder anyway .So first of all strip down and repair/modify the fuselage
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Most likly it's Solartex , linen or antique ,if you PM me your address I can post some off-cuts to you , and be more careful in future !
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