Oxai -Matt Peridot
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RE: Oxai -Matt Peridot
I heard a saying once that someone with a sweet tooth should not own a candy store. I think a similar saying would apply here but I am apparently deaf to it.
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About a year and a half ago I badly damaged my Peridot after pushing the flight pack to hard for too long and end up paying the price with a very hard outfield crash. Fuze was damaged and the left wing destroyed. I've now completed the fuze repair. My first time tackling such a job, and I'm very pleased with the final result. Ended up going through the whole plane and repairing and re-spraying almost all of it, including stabs and rudder. A very time consuming process, and it leaves me with a greater appreciation of the skills and effort to scratch build to a high level of quality and finish. Attached are some pics showing the original after crash pic, the repair process, final result, and the wings as I have them. The left wing is, I think, beyond repair (at least for me). It remain unrepaired so I now have a fixed fuze but am short a wing. Anyone perhaps have a spare left Periodot wing that survived a crash and is looking to fly again?
The crash
Fuze damaged
Realigned and carbon and glassed repair inside and started to use filler etc. Am going to run single prop so put right thrust back into the nose as I had cut the nose for the contra previously.
Here she is now. All fixed :-) except for the wing...
Just the left wing is still seriously damaged.....
Regards
Clint
The crash
Fuze damaged
Realigned and carbon and glassed repair inside and started to use filler etc. Am going to run single prop so put right thrust back into the nose as I had cut the nose for the contra previously.
Here she is now. All fixed :-) except for the wing...
Just the left wing is still seriously damaged.....
Regards
Clint
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Hello Clint
Awesome job.
I think the best way is to repair the wing (as shown on link) and it will be easy to you with your impressive skill.
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mtech513/m/201302
Hello Clint
Awesome job.
I think the best way is to repair the wing (as shown on link) and it will be easy to you with your impressive skill.
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mtech513/m/201302
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About a year and a half ago I badly damaged my Peridot after pushing the flight pack to hard for too long and end up paying the price with a very hard outfield crash. Fuze was damaged and the left wing destroyed. I've now completed the fuze repair. My first time tackling such a job, and I'm very pleased with the final result. Ended up going through the whole plane and repairing and re-spraying almost all of it, including stabs and rudder. A very time consuming process, and it leaves me with a greater appreciation of the skills and effort to scratch build to a high level of quality and finish.....EDIT
Regards
Clint
Regards
Clint
A lot can be done with composites too unless these were reduced to a crushed mess. My Grifin suffered a fuse buckle in flight but I managed a controlled crash in a soy bean field which appeared to finish the job. My first impression was to put it in the trash. Now, after sitting on its perch for a few weeks, I am rethinking my initial impression.
It was a terrific flier so the effort to revive it and put in the extra strength where needed, is likely worth the effort. Wings and stabs suffered minor damage but the fuse was crushed in half aft of the wing TE. Have to rebuild about a 10" section of the fuse in balsa glass. Plus the crate was so light at about 4480 grams, it gives a lot of room.
Last edited by MTK; 06-15-2016 at 05:23 AM.