Esser's Model 6 Repair

[efwd]

shoot, sorry to here that. Kinda a big hit depending on how you look at it. Shoot, you know how to build, I believe you said your wife built with you. Put a little sweat equity into it. Enjoy it.

[aviator79]

That's a bummer Josh. I'm sure you were prepared for the possibility, but it's still a drag. One way or another I'm sure you'll get her all squared away.

[jmodguy]

STi wing!!!!

[tracstarr]

You can. I'm doing it now. It's limited but would allow some sleeping bags.

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[Esser]

Im not doing his project until the winter but you Definitely can. Requires some cutting and welding

[mike92104]

Josh, what did you do to remove the adhesive on the wing ribs? I have a damaged one I need to replace.

[Esser]

Use a heat gun and a flat head screwdriver. You don’t need to really work at it. Once it’s hot enough, it will chunk off easily. After the rib is removed it will be easy to carefully scrape the remnants off with the heat gun. Just becareful not to mark the spar

[Esser]

If anyone is looking for an update on this project, it’s taken a back burner over the summer. Life is just too busy right now. We will dive back in the winter.

Basically, we decided that this will become my plane and Natalie will have the other one. There are too many things I wanted to change that she wasn’t sure about. The plane is going on an extensive diet. I’ve already removed 25lbs from the plane and have my eye on roughly 25lbs of weight that I still want to remove. Some of easy and some of it more difficult.

[mike92104]

Use a heat gun and a flat head screwdriver...

Thanks Josh.