Win Green - Tuesday 8th

I'm keeping my head down

The left wing must have hit John Bannisters' Wildthing causing it to pull out and rotate on the wing joiner. You can see slight impact damage on the leading edge in the first image (red screwdriver handle in front of impact damage). I don't know whether this also broke the spar or if this broke when it hit the ground. The other two images show damage to the wing skins on both sides.

Fixing the wing will be fairly straightforward.

With one wing pivoting on the wing joiner my model came down in a fairly flat spin like a sycamore seed. But even that softish landing caused the fuselage to break on both sides. It looks severe, but should join back together quite quickly with some thin CA. Making sure it's straight might be a problem, but fingers crossed...

And finally, the tail came loose and will require refitting. Again, not too onerous, but getting it square with the fuselage and the wing will be fun

Sorry to see that Mike, hopefully you will get it flying again soon

MikeSeale wrote: In the words of my caring wife "that serves you right for skiving off work".

Mid air collision took out the Orcrist. Hopefully most of the damage is superficial and it will fly again soon.

Ouch ! - Guess your revising the definition of superficial ?

PS - glad i'm too old for lessons with the Mike Seal school of driving this week.

kevinross wrote: glad i'm too old for lessons with the Mike Seale school of driving this week.

:lol:

A clip of one of many flights taken with my phone
Orcrist

Superphatic glue was used to soak into the damaged wing skins - can't use thin CA on a foam wing. This was left overnight and stiffened things up considerably. I then cut a slot 200mm long just behind the existing spar and dropped another ply brace into the slot. When this is dry it will just need a light sand and maybe a small amount of filler to complete the wing repair.

And the fin is back on. Thin CA used first to make sure it was still all square. Then a mixture of more thin CA, superphatic and aliphatic to glue the pieces back in. Some ply doublers are inside all the mess. The hole that is still visible could not be filled using the fragments of balsa left over, so tomorrow I'll cut the hole a little bigger with straight edges and fit a new piece.