Recently purchased a kitfox model 2 with some damage. Plane was last flown by the builder in 1992 from what I can gather reading the flight log he had a 'hard landing'. He put the plane in storage. In 2008 he sold the plane the buyer took the plane home with thoughts of repairing the damage and putting in back in service. His dreams were never realized and I purchased it from him in the exact condition as it was in when he bought it.
The damage is as follows: front cowl, left wing damaged 3 ribs, fuselage bent tubing, broken tubing lh side at strut attach area.
Front cowl has been repaired. Moving on to the wing I stripped the fabric back to the 4th rib and it looks good no damage. My plan is to remove damaged ribs and braces, the 3rd rib is o ly cracked so was going to use it as a template for 3 new ones. Reinstall 3 new ribs and braces and recover overlapping the 4th rib out to the tip.
Here are some pics I took today.Any thoughts on repair would be appreciated as l am a newbie.
"Incident" repair advice
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