24 Aug 97 22:46, Rich Lockyer was yackin' to Roger Marshall and said:
 RL> Nahh... I haven't flown now in a couple of years.  I moved in
 RL> early '94, and I think I've flown the gliders and the Extra maybe
 RL> once or twice since then.  I lost contact with my flying buddy in
 RL> '95, and never did get the workbench set up at the new place.
 RL> The Extra has a new OS1.08 hanging on the nose, but I never got
 RL> around to cutting the cowl to fit the new muffler and engine.
 RM>> BTW, good advice you're giving
 RM>> Ian on his repair job (better than mine).  TTYL - Roger
Thanks both of you, I ended up doing like rich said with a wee bit of my own 
added in.  I began to hate that film but in the end it worked well. I really 
should start over and go from scratch heres the way it ended.  I put a patch 
on the elevator that I burned through. It shows if you are looking for it.  I 
ended up using two sheets on the elevqtor and another on the rudder. I ran 
the joints up to the hinges and worked them till they met on the hinged 
surface.  The other edges, I put the first side on the face side only and 
wrapped the second side over the edge to meet.  If I had sanded between 
burning ripping and rewrapping it would have been a great job.  I burned one 
more hole and thats the one I patched.  I ran CA into the hinges and got a 
run down the rudder as well.  I was too slow getting it off and so got a glue 
scar.  I am almost embarasssed to return the fellows ship to him but I am 
really pressed timewise (my personal excuse for the shoddy job) and so 
offered ito rebuild the entire tail section when the shop is ready to use.  
BTW I refaced and sided the front wall to-day.  The place is looking good.
This was a gentle lady that one of my cohorts at the office bought on a whim 
and while he was pondering what he had got himself into, somebody stepped on 
the tail.  The damage was Rudder, rubble, Tail, ripped hinge, the plastic 
type with a pin for a pin. Two out of the three were fine.
The stabiloiser was cracked and busted in several places but the rear spar 
and elevator were intact and usable.  These hinges were glued and pinned in 
place.
allabes
Ian Macaulay
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