things we say when we crash
10-03-2016, 07:44 AM
#451
I got so used to the Something Extra and the P-51 that the P-47 was further out at the same size than I thought. The P-47 is an 81" wing vs the much smaller wings of the other planes, and where I thought it was past the building, it was actually still on the other side of it. The flying field has a tree line and a hanger building on the east side, so on westerly days we have to thread a needle to land, at least until they remove the trailers from the east end of our approach like they promise to. The crash would not have happened if I weren't eager to land due to a rough sounding engine. I was afraid it would dead stick on me. I would have been able to set up the approach better.
10-03-2016, 10:45 AM
#454
Munched right wingtip, busted right strut, busted up right wing where the retract mounts, shattered cowl, and busted firewall. All except the cowl has been repaired. Needs a new wing tube and it can fly again, even with the smashed cowl, it just looks nasty. Once I can figure out how to repair the outside of the cowl, since it's an ARF cowl, it was gel painted and it cracks off easily, I will get it looking good again.
One thing I forgot to mention, I was on a perfect final, had it all lined up and the landing gear just didn't look like it was all the way down, so I flew by to verify and found it was the bombs on the wings that made them look off kilter. Had I just landing without looking at the gear it would have made a perfect landing! DOH! I left the bombs off this time, it flies better without them, too much drag with the DLE30 on it.
One thing I forgot to mention, I was on a perfect final, had it all lined up and the landing gear just didn't look like it was all the way down, so I flew by to verify and found it was the bombs on the wings that made them look off kilter. Had I just landing without looking at the gear it would have made a perfect landing! DOH! I left the bombs off this time, it flies better without them, too much drag with the DLE30 on it.
10-03-2016, 12:19 PM
#458
Thats the problem, the shell has the panel lines already formed, if I just glass over the top of it, it would lose those, as well as trap air between the inner glass and gel coating. I need to get the gel glued to the inner glass where it all separated in order for it to be a viable repair. I think they apply the painting gel to the mold, let it set then apply the glass to that as it is not bonded like a non painted FG part Those are usually resin with the glass very close to the surface, the ARF cowls appear to be laid with the painted outer shell done and cured, then the glass laid in afterwards since the outer shell peels away after it cracks leaving the glass intact and undamaged. I'll see if I can get a pic of it in detail.
