Ultrastick Repairs Completed

Got a lot of work done on repairing the Ultrastick 10cc after its fly-in with the tree. The fuse snapped in half, in a relatively clean break, and there are two crush wounds to the right leading edge of the wing. All repairable. All repaired!

Before Fiberglassing Fuse

Patchwork. VERY strong. Clean re-joining along the break on the starboard side.

Nice clean re-joinng on the port side.

Closer view of the patchwork on the underside. This has more to do with my wanting to keep as much of the original sheet balsa in place for continuity strength, and not having anymore sheet on hand at the time. Besides, this is all under epoxy and a sheet of fiberglass. The fiberglass cloth is fine and when applied is invisible, even under a couple of layers. I didn't take pics as it looks pretty much the same.

With the cote applied there is no sign of the repair!

Wing Repair

The outer break on the 

Eating edge of the right wing is the larger of the two, and also took out a stringer.

The smaller medial one.

Pulled the bits into position a bit. I ended up cutting out the leading edge of the outer break and rebuilding it completely, not pictured.

Her you can see the glue stain from the lost stringer, and the piece of balsa I was shaping to replace it.

It was easier to build the stringer as a top and bottom, allowing easy placement and a better fit. The backmof the stringer Ubuntu the main spar aft, and the leading edge forward.

This is an example of how I build upmthennsand down to shape. The patch of the upper surface over the stringer is in place as well. This is overlaid on the rebuilt leading edge.

Nice straight leading edge. Underside view.

Top view, repaired.

Cote work and trim done! Looks new!

Sweet!

I did end up having to jam that one pound (437gms) of lead up front to get the CG. Decided to get is spot on as she was still flying tail heavy.

Legs back on, and on her feet.

Looking good with that Master Airscrew 12x6x3 prop that I think is going tombe the sweet spot. She is heavy. The Evolution isn't a powerhouse, but I think she can handle it. She would definitely fly better with a 15cc up front, was eying the RCGF-USA version at my local hobby shop today... Time to fly!