calmat

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I have over many years patched planes with some strange repair material. Usually to just get a few more flights before the trash can repository. I remember using scotch tape, chewing gum,bumper stickers,string and of course duct tape. Always kept safety in mind and most repairs worked great. Have you got a strange repair story to tell?

Paternguy

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Toilet paper and epoxy to splice a fuse back together.

calmat

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Wow i must remember to always take some of each to the field.

tlgibson97

I needed a small strip of wood for reinforcement once so I used popsicle sticks. Best tasting repair I ever did.

MinnFlyer

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Here's one of the best repair materials I have found...

Used Fabric Softener Dryer Sheets.

Ask your wife to save a few for you after they have been used. You can easily cut them into any shape you need, then lay them in place with a little CA or Epoxy and they are damn-near indestructable (Ever try to tear one in half?)

Charlie P.

Coffee filter (unused) and epoxy to fix a holed fuselage. Used drier sheets work good, too.

Styrofoam meat tray and Zagi tape (colored packing tape) to fix a gouged foam wing core.

Popsicle stick and epoxy to reenforce a broken fuselage frame.

Chopsticks I only use in new construction.

jkalgren

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Here is a good one.... some orange tape... and the emission sticker from under the hood of a car. There is a picture of it on my club's website.

[link=http://www.fremontflyers.com/index.cfm?objectid=BB2203EF-8C7A-C712-6E2F0FC348FEA45A]Mike's Repair[/link]

Woodpile

Man, and I thought it was odd to epoxy quarters into a plane to balance it... Obviously, I'm a piker....

Rcpilot

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A pair of your wife's old panty hose is a good substitute for fiberglass if you don't have any glass cloth around.

MinnFlyer

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Oh, the things I am thinking.