Looks like you are making great progress. If you need measurements on anything let me know.

are you sanding the fuse? i have a similar project and i used citristrip on the paint. it works wonderfully. now if i can get mine to a fiberglass expert for crack repairs. very nice find you have there. good luck with the restoration.

When you re-sheet the wing bottom, please remember that the strength of the wing comes from the continuity of the sheeting from root to tip. You will need to provide a firm joiner of some type between the sheeting that exists and the sheeting you will replace. a 1/32' ply doubler underneath, or some carbon fiber tape would do nicely. Of course, so would a spar, but that is more work, I think.

I’ve never rebuilt an aircraft that someone else built other than my Speeda that had only a few things started. Enough stuff was done that it did take extra time to fix but FK SBA Speeda kits are in short supply so I’m not complaining!!!! You look some of the things that were done and it makes you wonder what they were thinking? In your case, what in the world are the round cutouts for where the servos were located? Hard to believe they were actually thinking about folding back retracts.

Paint removal:
For the most part I used a sharp scraper the peel off the paint.
I did use some of the Citrus stripper around the front so I did
not damage the raised window detail.

Sheeting and wing strength:
Yes that is a problem. I was hoping to save more of the original sheeting
but once I started removing the junk it all had to go. I am thinking about
glassing this wing with Poly and .75 oz cloth on the bottom and maybe some
lighter clothe on the top.

Do you think that would add any strength to the repairs? I could order some
carbon fiber strips and lay across the wing bottom before glassing.

Wheel cut outs:
I have no idea why they are in that location? I have never done retracts but
it seems to far back for normal pattern style retracts. I will not be competing
with this plane so I do want to install tricycle retracts

Nice project. My inclination on the wing, thinking mostly about weight and strength, would be to start with new cores. I know thats sacrilege to to the restoration creed but I'm betting you'd have a better result.

I was thinking about it.

I have pink foam I could cut them from but I guess that would be to heavy.

Same thoughts here. Fresh cores. Saw off the wing tips and sand root and tip smooth. Then obtain airfoils and cut a fresh set along with some nice new sheeting. The CF is still a great idea but this time you can lay it down prior to sheeting.

Pink foam? Ohhh, dunno sounds like a brick.

David.

Hey Kelly,

how's the restoration project of your Speeda coming along? I was curious to see if you decided to go the electric route for power.

David.