RPool

I had my plane balanced inverted (on the kitchen floor) and went to the other room to get a camera. I guess the airconditioner came on and I heard a crash. Plane slid off my rubber tipped dowels on bases. Cracked the canopy, and dented wings as the dowls slid along them. Probably no way to fix canopy. How can I un-dent my wings? Can I inject water with a syringe and iron it? It seems I read that somewhere...is it true? See pics below.

ro347

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The water and heat method does actually work on balsa. I was amazed when I tried it.

nh4clo4

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That sucks,   I lost two planes in my shop. I had some heavy items on sawhorses, and put two planes by them after a day of flying. I caught one of the boards as  I walked by, and crushed a 20 size stik, and the tail on my Tiger, when they fell.  At least teh servos and receiver still work on the stik.

nibbler125

you know what they say, more planes are damaged in storage or trantsportation than actualy flying

I-fly-any-and-all

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Yea at my previous club (LCRCC.org) we had a guy put his plane in the bed of his truck witht he wing still attached. He got 3 miles down the road hit a bump it flew out and the guy behind him ran it over HA HA HA HA HA!

Sessholvlaru

I've just used a heat gun in similar situations to pull the covering tight over the dents. You'll never see them after that.

bgfireman

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A friend of mine did that with a trainer. I don't think there was much damage. Any way we flew it later. We had another club member that bought a ultra stick and a new OS 46 to go on it. He put it on the ground to buckle his child in the car seat. Then got in the truck and ran over both. It totaled the plane and bent the high speed needle housing.