I can't recall if it was on this or another forum, but a thread was started
on the question in the subject line. Some ideas were presented, but none
none really grabbed my attention and I then had no such repair to make.
Yesterday, I found a skin hinge in a Genie Pro wing torn about 1/3 of the
way in from the root end of an aileron. I could have put clear tape on, but
considered that "tacky". I also could not see gluing some sort of V hinge
inside between the surfaces as being a great solution.
An easy and very satisfactory solution came to mind. Yesterday evening, I
put regular paper masking tape on the outside and, inside, applied a thin
bead of silicone along the ripped area. Today I have a strong repair without
any adverse cosmetic implications.
The technique is detailed in File 9 of the Genie web pages at
http://genie.rchomepage.com/.
It's not yet in those web pages, but I've refined making and installing the
"individual Kevlar easy hinges" presented at the beginning of File 9.
However, I can e-mail a PDF file that also has the silicone hinging in it.
File size is 98 KB. Just request "Excerpt from new File 9."
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