Cliff Bastow Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 This is the remains of my FMS Typhoon after stupidly fitting a discharged battery and losing power just after take off! bit cross with myself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted October 14 Author Share Posted October 14 After assessing the damage this afternoon I realised that it might be repairable as the damage was not as bad as first thought. The fuselage was in 6 pieces but all quite big with clean breaks. After a few hours, some contact adhesive and cocktail sticks it now looks like this. need some filling and a repaint but will fly again. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Nicely done Cliff, its just a big jigsaw puzzle. Any pressure-dents can usually be 'released' with hot (nearly boiling) water 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted October 14 Author Share Posted October 14 (edited) Yes Phil, I did put the bits in hot water before rebuilding and it’s not too bad. The nose is about 2mm shorter now as it hit dead on the nose! There is now a bit of a gap between the end of the nose and the spinner backplate but I will make a Depron ring to fill the gap. I managed to get a second hand spinner ordered from EBay as the old one is smashed! Edited October 14 by Cliff Bastow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 My Durafly Hurricane wasn't quite as bad as this Typhoon but I managed to get it flying after crashing it using similar techniques. It's not as pretty as when it was new but perhaps more realistically represents a battered war hardened aircraft. I stalled it inverted while executing a reversal and I think I'd made a mistake using a 4AH 4S battery rather than the recommended lighter 2.2AH 4S. Since discovering what good endurance I get with my Durafly Gloster Gladiator using the smaller LiPos next time I fly the Hurricane I'll use the batteries I bought with the Gladiator in the Hurricane. But foamies are certainly repairable, though probably not perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted October 18 Author Share Posted October 18 (edited) Here she is after a successful test flight today. It needed a lot of Down trim as it climbed like a homesick Angel but apart from that it was fine. Really chuffed. Edited October 18 by Cliff Bastow 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypeesh Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Definitely back from the dead! great job👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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