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I am sure there will be some with much more detailed repair tips but I would pull all the covering off the wing. Then you can make sure nothing else is broken in the wing. It is probably easier to recover the whole wing than to try and patch what is there. Depending on the damage to the fuse it may be ok to patch but.......
Good luck The KitFox is a great airplane to fly.
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I agree on stripping off all the fabric on the wing. If one diagonal brace popped loose, quite likely others have also. Or got an S curve in them. I've seen it before, and with less damage than what I see on your wing. Could easily be damage you can't see till it's uncovered. The Kitfox wings are actually real easy to recover. Rounded tips like Avids have are way harder to get the tapes to look good. JimChuk
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Hmm, interesting. No rib stitching. Wonder why Kitfox recommends it, As well as Poly Fiber. That fabric seems to have held.
Eddie
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Could be the early kitfox was a 70mph airplaine but after the model IV it was more of a 100mph plus airplane.
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Thanks for all the advice. I ended up stripping all the top off to check for more damage and you guys were right. Found another brace had broken. I plan to recover the whole wing once repairs are made.
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Good job! Nothing short of your life is on the line. Not worth guessing... verify!
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Wow, If this isn't a testament to being a member on this site I don't know what is!
Eddie
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Good that you found the damage. Better safe than sorry. Just out of curiosity, I wonder what difference you would find if you measure diagonally on the spars before and after you remove the bent parts. With the S curve in the one diagonal brace, the wing is racked. It should go right back to where it's supposed to be when the braces are removed. It would be nice to know how much difference in measurement you find as a way of checking other wings in the future. If the wing is sitting up side down, you could push a bolt or pin up through the holes in the fuselage end of the wing to hook a tape on. Make a mark on the ends of each spar center to measure to. I never thought about this when I first answered your question about your wing damage. It probably would have told you there was damage inside the wing even before you uncovered it. JImChuk
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Hey Jim, I will measure the rack in the wing and post it. Got another question while we're talking about bracing. When I unrivit the damaged bracing and have to install new how would you go about attaching it as far going back in original holes with rivits.
Robert