What's the damage Doc?

I just posted an update on what was going on over the past several months, and now I would start filling you in on what I have in store .

So, here is what we are looking at in regards to repairing the glider. It's ugly, but doable.


The main wing damage is to the left outer wing and on the wing tip.

The right wing has some minor dings on the leading edge and a couple of small punctures in the skin.

The left aileron was crushed in the center and torn apart at the center hinge line.

The fuselage boom was broken off, and split on the bottom seam line to the tail wheel well.


The push rod for the elevator, will need to be repaired or replaced.

All tubes and the antenna coax will need to be repaired or replaced.













The belly was scrapped up including the damage to the gear doors, which will need to be replaced

The horizontal stabilizer had small hole in the top skin, but the bearing was broken off and the mount was bent and partially pulled out. I cut an opening in the skin to remove the mount for repair

The elevator push rod and t-mount were bent beyond repair


I would mention something about the condition of the elevator, that is, the elevator was folded and torn in so many places, that it was a total loss and will need to be re-fabricated.

The canopy was scratched and had a few minor break near the screw holes for the sliding window rails. I started the repairs and polishing of the plexie.

The worse part were the hinges. They were cut off at the time of the accident, My guess, the emergency release was rusted in place.

I know that many of these issues were mentioned earlier, but I needed to restate them, because the repair work has started!