yetti831

I got home one night after a long night out at the bar. And, well, my favorite thing to do while i'm sobering up (or throwing a few back) is to do some repair work, if needed, on my planes. Some of you are aware that I put my Tower Trainer wing into a pole. [&o] Anyway, I added ribs and other balsa quite well, but I really did quite a horricfic job with the leading edge. By that I mean, I salvaged balsa from old planes and somewhat formed a leading edge. There is balsa there , at least, but it does not match the rest of the edge. I then covered it. Is this going to seriously effect flight? It's about 6-7 inches of the wing. Thanks in advance.

Best,

Yetti

ChuckW

You work on planes intoxicated? I personally just call my ex at 3:00 AM. Of course that's when I was still indulging in those things. I miraculously managed to never got into any sort of serious trouble and I figured I was really pushing the odds after a while so I stopped while I was ahead.

Do you have pictures of the leading edge? That might help decide if it will be problem or not.

yetti831

Sorry, I don't have a camera. Just get rid of your cell phone. That's what I did.

bingo field

You may be able to smooth it out using some wood filler or balsa filler. Just add it in small layers waiting for it to dry, sand between applications until you get the profile built up.

goirish

Hey if you fly it in the same condition that you were in when you fixed it. You won't know the difference anyways.

nothinbetr2do

sorry, double post.

nothinbetr2do

funny, LOL. [sm=lol.gif]

bruce88123

And as a bonus - you'll get to try again on the repair very soon.

2slow2matter

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Was this before or after you stuck your finger into the prop?
Just trying to get the timeline down here.
So far we have crash, repair, drunkedness, and finger into a moving prop. PLease place in chronilogical order for us....
Thanks

yetti831

These were two different events! I put the wing into pole about 3 weeks ago, I think. . . . .

2slow2matter

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Man,
talk about a string of bad luck.

yetti831

It's all part of the fun, espcecially when you're dealing with 60 dollar arfs.

Jetdesign

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edit: oops, was thinking of someone else.