Crash of my Patty back in 07

[p47tbolt]

I broke my Patty back in 04/07.This is what it looked like after the crash.Very little damage to the wings,broke the fuselage,bent wing tube,busted cowland wheel pants.Had a Zenoah G45 on it then.A little heavy.


Here is what it looks like after rebuild.pic was taken 05/07.


Both Extras have a FTL-45 installed now.
this pic taken 05/08.still flying them.

[RollingHarrier]

Beautiful Job! I'm helping a friend repair a 33% bird he broke in half right now. It's all together now just needs a little TLC to finish it.

[topflight36]

What is the weight diffrence now. Also did you just buy a new fuse or fix that one.

[p47tbolt]

I did repair the broken fuse.Was not hard to do,just took my time and made sure it was aligned properly.I think the hardest part was getting the blue stripe tapered down the side properly.
I never did weigh it after with the Zenoah,I sold the zenoah and put a DL-50 on it.
I recently acquired a 2.3 comp arf that I am putting the DL-50 on that I took off the patty.
I don't think my repairs added much weight.I cut out the broken balsa sheets and stringers after
getting it realigned and tacked together.Installed new stringers and sheeting.Where the new stringers and sheeting butted against where I cut in the plane,I glued with med CA and the just added a short piece of stringer or sheeting for added strength.

Here is some pics of the rebuild.