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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had an interesting landing that ended totally
crushing the fuse of my Focus 1 right behind the firewall. I made a
replacement out of strips of 1/2 inch balsa. getting ready to recover
it. Looks nice, stronger than before. And I can probably take the
lead off the engine mount.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=crock@kclife.com href="mailto:crock@kclife.com">Rock, Charles</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Focus 1 Fuselage
Problem</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=931014416-31082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Vicente, yes you called the West system..Also I used
alcohol thinned epoxy on the inside, and fiberglass strips, pushed
wood back into shape and let it harden..better than ever..Vicente's is too and
has never been weak since...I did use some thin CA on the outside surface,
then pushed the wood back where it was suppose to be, hit it with the thin
CA..then the epoxy on the inside as well...Charlie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Vicenterc@comcast.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 31, 2004
11:16 AM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org; NSRCA Disussion<BR><B>Cc:</B>
jzeigenfus@comcast.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Focus 1 Fuselage
Problem<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>I knew about the problem when I got my Focus I. I spread it the foam
inside with west system epoxy (the mix that penetrates, I forgot the name
now). That was a good solution for me. Probably there are better
ideas out there.</P>
<P>Vicente Bortone<BR></P>
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Original message -------------- <BR>Hi guys, I have a Focus 1 and have a
question about fixing the area directly behind the firewall on the
Fuselage. I stored the plane inverted and found that I inadvertently was
crushing the area between the firewall and canopy. Has anyone else ever
run into this and how did you repair it? Any suggestions would be helpful.
Joe Z. </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>