This is the most damaged Scout fuse I have seen repaired, least on YT and a couple on line forums. Very nice restoration. I cracked mine up on the nose and repaired, but nothing of this severity. When you have to replace that thin internal plywood deck, that is severe. Mine was cracked in half but repaired with hot glue.
Thanks for watching my video. Yes this Aeroscout was pretty severely damaged but else can you do when at the time nobody had replacements in stock. Best part is the way it flies again you'd never know it was damaged. Great little airplane.
Nice repair job. I had similar damage done to my Aeroscout and was thinking that I should just get a new plane. A friend at the club said he should be able to fix it and thankfully he did do the repairs. I now fly it like I stole it. 😊
Hey thanks for the compliment. This is my brother's AeroScout and unfortunately he was the one that crashed it. Me being the good brother volunteered to do the repair. He would have opted to buy a new fuselage also but considering the absence of availability it made sense to try the repair. The repair was worth the time and fun to do.
You did an amazing Job in repairing your AeroScout. Thank you for sharing. I had a crash recently and I am missing a good chunk of the wooden tray. Those pieces were never found. Would you be willing to share your template of the wooden tray
Wow thanks so much for the compliment! Like I always say to my rc buddies, planes fly the same at ten feet or at two hundred feet. As long as you're in control there's nothing to fear. Lol!
My wreck was as bad as yours. The only reason I repaired mine was to punish myself for making such a stupid flying mistake. Put in an upgraded Metal Geared Servo on the landing gear. Also for some reason mine pulled down while under throttle,even before the wreck, so I had to program a Throttle / Elevator mix. Fly’s better than new now. Lands like silk. Great video, by the way.
Thanks I'm glad you liked the video. It was simple flying but wanted to make it easy to follow. Great idea using the metal gear servo, never a bad idea on a punishing nose gear assembly. Don't really understand the diving problem unless you just needed some up trim or could have threaded the clevis in on the elevator pushrod a bit. Whatever the reason I happy you solved your problem and enjoying your AeroScout again, it's a terrific little plane. Since the one I repaired is not mine and I didn't crash it I hope the next time I see it it's still in one piece and I get to fly it again.
I understand how you feel. I did same with a Huntsman. I launched with my right hand then swapped hand with remote and down it came. Have fixed. The Huntsman doesn't have any stabilisation.
Fortunately I wasn't the one who felt crummy after the crash. It's my brother's plane a he wrecked it. Of course he never felt that bad because he gave it to me to repair and being the good natured slob that I am I did it for him. Lucky for me he hasn't crashed it again since. Thanks for watching!
Wow, what a great repair job you did. You are a very good flyer as well. Hard to believe you actually crashed it. Maybe you did the repair for a less experienced pilot as those aero Scouts are hard to crash. Keep your videos coming. Alway enjoy them. My motto is stay three mistakes high!
Hi Bad Bob, thanks so much for the compliments both on the repair and the flying. You are correct as I was not the flyer that crashed the AeroScout but I did volunteer to do the repair. When I return the AeroScout to its owner I will surely recommend the three mistakes high motto! Thanks for watching
the front wheel is the weak link. it will break your servo every time you land too hard I glued my front wheel straight and took of the linkage to the servo so if i land hard i dont break a servo.
Also after almost 2 years of periodically checking I just ordered my new fuselage yesterday from Tower Hobbies I believe had it in stock!! Can't wait to fly again
Hi and thanks for enjoying my repair and flight video. I was asked by some why I didn't really light it up a bit while flying. Mainly because it was a test flight and also because I didn't want to make things difficult on my cooperative wife taking the video, maybe another time. And your right I have finally started to see replacement fuselages in stock showing up here and there. I'm hoping we won't be needing one any time soon! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for watching and the compliment. It's a great little airplane and certainly worth the effort. Don't worry how yours looks, the worse they look the more you enjoy them.
No there isn't. I lost a wing servo replaced, on last battery I made a mistake and had a slight cartwheel, broke the servo plate loose again and broke on old cracks. It's piecing back together, next time I crash I think, hope I don't I'll replace the fuselage. 😂 I love this plane.
Were you flying in safe in the flight? Great job on the repair. I did the same thing ,yours looks better after the repair as my foam compressed a lot but still will fly fine.
I was not the person flying the airplane when it crashed but volunteered to do the repair. From what I understand the flyer was not in safe when he crashed. I offered to fix it as I felt somewhat responsible for telling him to try to advance his skills by getting used to flying out of safe mode.
Great looking repair- and it FLYS! What type of epoxy did you use- 30 minute? Shorter? Brand? I just want top be ready when I "disassemble" my new Aeroscout this spring!
Yes just your basic two part 15 or 30 minute epoxy will work. I think any brand will do the job but try to find something clear in color so it doesn't show up as much. Hey think positive and tell yourself you're never gonna need it! Thanks for watching.
I hardly think so. I barely mixed an ounce of epoxy gluing this plane back together again. Besides when you squish the parts tightly together most of the glue squeezes out. Even if it was an ounce heavier that's the price your gonna pay for salvaging a crashed airplane. Thanks for watching.
@@MrDougstud Absolutely. I would rather have a rock-solid repair and have it be a few grams heavier than no repair at all. Can't believe you actually had a comment like that.
@@MrDougstud a little goes a long way i use water and a little glue.. and i wait for a few min wahen it gets a little foamy i tap or compress with my hands and glove or a bag to cover my hand
This is the most damaged Scout fuse I have seen repaired, least on YT and a couple on line forums. Very nice restoration. I cracked mine up on the nose and repaired, but nothing of this severity. When you have to replace that thin internal plywood deck, that is severe. Mine was cracked in half but repaired with hot glue.
Thanks for watching my video. Yes this Aeroscout was pretty severely damaged but else can you do when at the time nobody had replacements in stock.
Best part is the way it flies again you'd never know it was damaged.
Great little airplane.
Nice repair job. I had similar damage done to my Aeroscout and was thinking that I should just get a new plane. A friend at the club said he should be able to fix it and thankfully he did do the repairs. I now fly it like I stole it. 😊
Hey thanks for the compliment. This is my brother's AeroScout and unfortunately he was the one that crashed it. Me being the good brother volunteered to do the repair. He would have opted to buy a new fuselage also but considering the absence of availability it made sense to try the repair. The repair was worth the time and fun to do.
You did an amazing Job in repairing your AeroScout. Thank you for sharing. I had a crash recently and I am missing a good chunk of the wooden tray. Those pieces were never found. Would you be willing to share your template of the wooden tray
Thank you for the fix compliment. Nothing I'd rather do then furnish you with a template but unfortunately I don't have one.
Man you are a pro at flying low! Wish I could without crashing or having a nervous breakdown!
Wow thanks so much for the compliment! Like I always say to my rc buddies, planes fly the same at ten feet or at two hundred feet. As long as you're in control there's nothing to fear. Lol!
My wreck was as bad as yours. The only reason I repaired mine was to punish myself for making such a stupid flying mistake. Put in an upgraded Metal Geared Servo on the landing gear. Also for some reason mine pulled down while under throttle,even before the wreck, so I had to program a Throttle / Elevator mix. Fly’s better than new now. Lands like silk. Great video, by the way.
Thanks I'm glad you liked the video. It was simple flying but wanted to make it easy to follow. Great idea using the metal gear servo, never a bad idea on a punishing nose gear assembly. Don't really understand the diving problem unless you just needed some up trim or could have threaded the clevis in on the elevator pushrod a bit. Whatever the reason I happy you solved your problem and enjoying your AeroScout again, it's a terrific little plane. Since the one I repaired is not mine and I didn't crash it I hope the next time I see it it's still in one piece and I get to fly it again.
I understand how you feel. I did same with a Huntsman. I launched with my right hand then swapped hand with remote and down it came. Have fixed. The Huntsman doesn't have any stabilisation.
Fortunately I wasn't the one who felt crummy after the crash. It's my brother's plane a he wrecked it. Of course he never felt that bad because he gave it to me to repair and being the good natured slob that I am I did it for him.
Lucky for me he hasn't crashed it again since.
Thanks for watching!
Wow, what a great repair job you did. You are a very good flyer as well. Hard to believe you actually crashed it. Maybe you did the repair for a less experienced pilot as those aero Scouts are hard to crash. Keep your videos coming. Alway enjoy them. My motto is stay three mistakes high!
Hi Bad Bob, thanks so much for the compliments both on the repair and the flying. You are correct as I was not the flyer that crashed the AeroScout but I did volunteer to do the repair.
When I return the AeroScout to its owner I will surely recommend the three mistakes high motto!
Thanks for watching
Wow that's impressive buddy. Looks great and nice flying by the way!!
the front wheel is the weak link. it will break your servo every time you land too hard I glued my front wheel straight and took of the linkage to the servo so if i land hard i dont break a servo.
Also after almost 2 years of periodically checking I just ordered my new fuselage yesterday from Tower Hobbies I believe had it in stock!! Can't wait to fly again
Hi and thanks for enjoying my repair and flight video. I was asked by some why I didn't really light it up a bit while flying. Mainly because it was a test flight and also because I didn't want to make things difficult on my cooperative wife taking the video, maybe another time.
And your right I have finally started to see replacement fuselages in stock showing up here and there. I'm hoping we won't be needing one any time soon!
Thanks for watching.
Excellent rebuild, worse than mine if that's possible great job. Subbed,
Thanks for watching and the compliment. It's a great little airplane and certainly worth the effort.
Don't worry how yours looks, the worse they look the more you enjoy them.
@@MrDougstud broke servo and motor jitters, never a dull moment..
No there isn't. I lost a wing servo replaced, on last battery I made a mistake and had a slight cartwheel, broke the servo plate loose again and broke on old cracks. It's piecing back together, next time I crash I think, hope I don't I'll replace the fuselage. 😂 I love this plane.
I did the same.. Watching yours
Were you flying in safe in the flight? Great job on the repair. I did the same thing ,yours looks better after the repair as my foam compressed a lot but still will fly fine.
I was not the person flying the airplane when it crashed but volunteered to do the repair. From what I understand the flyer was not in safe when he crashed. I offered to fix it as I felt somewhat responsible for telling him to try to advance his skills by getting used to flying out of safe mode.
Great looking repair- and it FLYS! What type of epoxy did you use- 30 minute? Shorter? Brand? I just want top be ready when I "disassemble" my new Aeroscout this spring!
Yes just your basic two part 15 or 30 minute epoxy will work.
I think any brand will do the job but try to find something clear in color so it doesn't show up as much.
Hey think positive and tell yourself you're never gonna need it! Thanks for watching.
o yeah tooth picks and "long bambo picks" "sticks" you can get at the dollar store
Mine looks like Frankenstein lol
I just crashed mines gotta replace the servos
Sorry about your crash. Those servos unfortunately can't take much of a hit.
Good luck with your repair.
it seem a bit heavier with all that glue
I hardly think so. I barely mixed an ounce of epoxy gluing this plane back together again. Besides when you squish the parts tightly together most of the glue squeezes out. Even if it was an ounce heavier that's the price your gonna pay for salvaging a crashed airplane. Thanks for watching.
@@MrDougstud Absolutely. I would rather have a rock-solid repair and have it be a few grams heavier than no repair at all. Can't believe you actually had a comment like that.
i have inav on mine
ez fix gorilla glue and water
I love Gorilla glue for some fixes but I think expands to much for this fix.
@@MrDougstud a little goes a long way i use water and a little glue.. and i wait for a few min wahen it gets a little foamy i tap or compress with my hands and glove or a bag to cover my hand
Sounds like a great way of gluing. That's what's great about this hobby, everyone has there own best way of doing things that work for them.