you're a good man easy2fly,
I'm glad to see that you are actually repairing the fuse yourself. I don't think as many people do that as I thought they would. I always figured that it was just balsa wood and if someone put it together in the first place then just about anything could be repaired. I have noticed a lot of guys just scrap the plane after that kind of damage. It's tempting with a new fuse only being about 50 bucks. But, good luck with the repair, I believe that after a repair like you're doing, it will be more robust.

I sheared 1/3 of the wing off of mine during an encounter with a tree on landing. I went ahead with the repair, but also decided to give the plane an entire new color scheme. I have about 70 bucks in covering and paint, plus, I haven't been able to fly it for the last four weeks (I cover SLOOOOW) so I probably would have been better served to purchase a new wing for 50 bucks from Tower. I'll post some pics soon.