crash repair

[brucefinley]

Crashed the ARF Nobler this morning, no fault of the plane.  Loose nut behind the handle.  In the last 2 hours I have glued all the loose pieces together, i.e., there is a one-piece fuse now insted of a 3-piece.  Recovery seems possible.

Bottom line:  Save all the pieces!!!!!!!!!  Put them in a bag.  When it crashed, I didn't even want to look at it where I stood.  It was bad.  There was no way to rebuild the thing I thought.  Well it is always possible.  Just keep the pieces.  Why keep this ARF?  I really don't care for them, doing this just for the challenge.

Bruce

[Leester]

Know what you mean, my wing did live though.

[brucefinley]

Lee,

Were you able to make repairs on that model?

[frank carlisle]

Oh boy.........you guys are tough on them models. I hope you both post pics of them when they are repaired.

[Leester]

No, The fusalage was toasted so I cut a new one and stab,elev,fin and rudder. Trying to take the $kote off the wing I caused more damage than I cared for. But being the pack rat I am I saved all the lazer cut sheets from the ribs,flaps,tips etc. and have basically cut a new kit. I will use some pieces from the old Smoothie in the new one just for GP.

[brucefinley]

Have done much today toward repair of ARF Nobler.

[brucefinley]

Rudder wasn't touched, it is still there.  Building another craft from leftover parts of several AC can be interesting (AND FUN) when it flies! 

[Phil Coopy]

This points to great advice we try to give to newer flyers.....bag all the parts, take it home and let it sit in the corner for a month, and then take it out an look at the possibilities. More often than not the plane will get reborn rather than trashed.

[George]

Remember reading in one of the mags years ago, about a guy who was so upset that he threw the parts in the field trash can and lit it. About half way through the burn he realized that he could have reused all the hardware. 

Moral...hold your temper!

George

[Randy Powell]

Some crashes are beyond repair...or at least not worth it. I worked in a body shop when I was a kid. The owner told me, no car is irrepairable, but some aren't worth the effort. As evidenced below.

[Randy Powell]

Ty,

This one had the wing spilt horizontally from tip to tip and, while you can't see it in this photo, the bottom of the fuse is also shattered. It was already a tad heavy at about 63oz. It wouldn't have been repaired, it would need to be rebuilt.