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Post by salford1986 on Jul 11, 2008 19:21:02 GMT 1
i have took my plane flying about 9 times now for 10 minutes each time and wow is it good!! every singel flight had great landings.....i was really stupid on my 9th flight.... i was flying in a caravan site but i had loooooads of space to land....i launched the super cub in the air wind picked it up straight away and just kept it into a nice big circle around me... i noticed there was gusts of wind that kept blowing my cub which i thought the next time it goes calm which it does for about a minute i will land it because i dont want to chance it!!.. so there i was descending at a rapid rate because i wanted it to land but then as i was jsut about to flare the low battery sound started from my controller!! i paniced and full throttled the plane and raised the nose so i went into a circuit again....i thought just clam down and it will be fine now...i came into land and the wind picked up and.....WHACKKKK.....straight into a caravan!!! oh my god i said...........i complety snapped the fuslage off (right at the back near the tail....the question is could i tape it back together with strong tape or is there a glue i can use?  super glue?? thanks for reading the essay |
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Post by admiralev on Jul 11, 2008 19:32:43 GMT 1
you should be able to glue it back together. use 5 minute epoxy or foam safe CA. that should do the trick
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Post by duck9191 on Jul 11, 2008 19:39:49 GMT 1
epoxy would be your best bet. also when you hear the low battery sound you still have a few minuets to land so don't panic. always remember to land in to the wind, that way you dont stall and crash.
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Post by chris1985 on Jul 11, 2008 20:43:40 GMT 1
I did a nice little swan dive once and broke the fuse in the same place. I just used some 5 min epoxy and then some packing tape for some additional peace of mind. No problems since w/ some pretty rough landings.
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Post by salford1986 on Jul 11, 2008 21:21:53 GMT 1
THANKS FOR THE ADVISE ITS WELL TOP!!
im going to order some glue but in the mean time could i use maskin tape for the time being just really pack it up with it??
its only because i promised me dad i would convert him to buying a cub on sunday and want to fly it with him a.s.a.p
lol
chris
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Post by SCC on Jul 11, 2008 22:03:53 GMT 1
Chris. Are you in the UK? If so, get down B&Q in the morning and get some epoxy.  |
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Post by admiralev on Jul 12, 2008 0:34:03 GMT 1
yea chris you dont have to order epoxy. almost evryone has it...even my local supermarket
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Post by chris1985 on Jul 12, 2008 3:59:33 GMT 1
Just flying w/masking tape could be a problem....i can see a post on the crash part of this forum in your future should you decide to do it!  |
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Post by admiralev on Jul 12, 2008 4:47:00 GMT 1
yea i second that id run over to the hardware store tomorrow morning or you might have more pieces of cub than you do now
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Post by flydiver on Jul 12, 2008 6:42:05 GMT 1
Masking tape??? That stuff is paper with weak stick-um on it designed for later removal. You'll be sorry.
Glue > + suggest carbon or bamboo skewer reinforcement. Seems everyone breaks their tail off sometime.
fly
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Post by salford1986 on Jul 12, 2008 7:48:50 GMT 1
alot of people say epoxy then they say but reinforce it aswell.....does this mean epoxy alone could still be a weak glue? if so what could i use to reinforce it...
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Post by salford1986 on Jul 12, 2008 7:50:03 GMT 1
bamboo skewer......like the ones you put kebabs on at bbqs? lol ....thought id give it a go at guessing |
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Post by lakewash on Jul 14, 2008 16:55:38 GMT 1
I also broke my tail off. Used plain old white glue and a couple of toothpicks for
reinforcement. Solid as a rock now!!!
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Post by flydiver on Jul 14, 2008 17:17:08 GMT 1
bamboo skewer......like the ones you put kebabs on at bbqs? lol ....thought id give it a go at guessing Yep, light, strong, come in different sizes for different applications. Poor man's carbon. Feel free to use carbon, in my case I did. Either will work. Cut a groove about 6" long and glued it in after the initial fix. Never broke again in spite of a LOT of other damage to the tail. Plain old gluing will work, epoxy is strong enough. Once fixed you still have the same weak area, the skinny part of the tail. As a new flier you WILL cartwheel and are very likely to break it off again. I'm suggesting a preventative reinforcement. fly |
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Post by flydiver on Jul 14, 2008 17:19:46 GMT 1
I also broke my tail off. Used plain old white glue and a couple of toothpicks for reinforcement. Solid as a rock now!!! OK-so how do you get things to line up perfectly with the toothpicks? Without them the 2 halves mate. Whenever I've tried a reinforcement where something goes in 1 half and then the other has to be shoved on I can't get the parts to align. Almost, but not to my satisfaction. fly |
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super glue??
