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Old 04-30-2013 | 04:09 PM
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Default RE: Vertigo II Build Thread

With Robert's blessings I am hijacking his thread
A friend wants to make a mold of his Vertigo II and I picked up the fuselage last weekend at the SPA West opener. It's the golden colored (age) single 6 oz layer of glass. As soon as I saw it I knew the vertical stab was going to be bent and sighting down the fuselage confirmed this. I have a P6 with the same problem. I don't know what happens to them, is the wood in the V. stab. warping? Is it the shrinking of the polyester resin (probably).

So now begins the repair process. I told Steve you will never know it was molded...well I lied there
I'll try to bend the stab back the other direction and reglue a split in the balsa in the TE of the V. stab.
Next I may fill the tail with Hydrostone so I can apply finishing putty to the stab and correct it.