Hi All:

      I am getting a very old Ringmaster Imperial ready to fly when the weather breaks.  The main problem is that it has three holes in the wings that need patched.  It was covered with tissue paper about four decades ago.

      I patched the holes in the wings with tissue paper a couple of years ago but they reappeared in the same places.  The plane is ready to launch when the holes have been repaired.

      Should I just use some iron on covering for patches?

      Should I patch the holes again with tissue or silkspan?

      Should I iron on new heat shrinkable covering over the existing tissue?

       Perhaps the best thing to do is patch the holes and fly the airplane to how well it flies before I spend a bit of time making it look good. If it flies well, then spend some time on a new covering.

       Any thoughts about this dielemma?

                                                                              Tia,

                                                                              Frank

     Good Grief:

      I already asked this question awhile ago!  Ain't aging wonderful?

      I think that the tissue is "rotten" and I should cover the wing in a kote of some type.  This is after I fly the plane to see if it is worth the trouble.

      I guess that I could just iron the kote on over the old tissue.  Perhaps some of the Core House SLC would do the job and then I could spray over the SLC to form a fuel resistant covering.

     I am not looking forward to stripping the wing and putting a new covering on when there may be a better way.

     Suggestions?

                                                        Tia,

                                                        Frank McCune