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On its maiden flight Salvage II managed to find one of the few rock outcroppings on the ranch and hit hard enough to punch a nice hole in the side. Since this was such an odd diameter tube to begin with, replacing it was going to be extremely difficult so I decided to see if I could patch her back up....
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I pushed out all the crushed in tubing and tacked it back in place with some epoxy. Stripped of off the paint and filled the entire area with Bondo. | ||
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After sanding the Bondo smooth and stripping off the remainder of the paint I decided that I needed to toughen her up so I did 2 wraps of fiberglass around the airframe. | ||
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| Once the rebuilt airframe was cured and sanded smooth, it was time to repaint. Since this was a new and improved version she was christened Salvage III. | |||
