*** Andy Steere's P-47 ***

These are some pictures of repairs made to the P-47 after the "landing" on the first flight. First set of pictures is after repairs are complete. Second set is various stages of completion.

I figured out what was causing all the right aileron to be needed, the left aileron was deflected down at center. I've fixed that and will try another trim flight.

The Robart retracts are nice, though a bit of a pain to install. Would have been easy had I had the retracts when the plane was built. They would sit down in the wing better. The oleo action is nice... and it starts compressing with just the weight of the model.

STATIC IMAGES

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All repairs complete.

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Repairs in progress.

Fuse bottom after repairs, but before repainting. Broken sections of the ply crutch were glued with CA, then laminated with kevlar, and doubled with additional ply in places. I want this section to be stronger than the bond with the hardwood wing-mounting block.
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Fuse side, after all repairs and repainting.
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Fuse bottom, after all repairs are complete.
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Top of Left Wing, after repairs.
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Top of Right Wing, where the major damage was, after repairs.
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Top of Right Wing, near wing tip, after repairs.
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Bottom of Left Wing, after repairs, but before repainting.
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Another of the bottom of the left wing, this one includes the repairs to the flap.
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Bottom of the left wing, after painting, but before rivets, touchup, and clearcoat.
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Bottom of the right wing, showing newly installed retract mounting rails. These are made from basswood laminated with carbon fiber. Very light and extremely strong.
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Bottom of the right wing, after painting... but before rivets, touchup, and clearcoat.
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Last modified on 07/15/2002

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