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Duct Tape. Look what a bear can do to your plane

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:07 pm
by Rudolph
Look what a bear can do to your aerie if you leave something to eat in your plane!! This happened on a "Fishing fly-in" trip. The pilot and his fisherman passenger left a cooler with bait in the aircraft. Bears smell it and this is what hapen with the plane. The pilot phone a friend who brought him two tyres, 3x boxes of duct tape and some plastic sheeting. He repaired the aeroplane and flew it back home. :roll: :roll: Wonder what will happen in SA??? I think your plane would be gone!! vhpy vhpy
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Re: Duct Tape. Look what a bear can do to your plane

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:57 pm
by DarkHelmet
Shit a brick! Makes my Hyeana story look like a joke - TG my wing was in a bag!

At least I have a pic and the skull of the offending party!

Re: Duct Tape. Look what a bear can do to your plane

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:52 pm
by RV4ker (RIP)
Wonder if you duck tape a whole airframe (like a bb for eg.) Would it fly? How does weight compare, then beggs the question. Why bother with all the lap en pap etc. just wrap it (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) and fly puff puff puff

Re: Duct Tape. Look what a bear can do to your plane

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:51 am
by Greenman
This just shows you what the excellent Koala aircraft are capable of. Wonder if some wood in the structure was also damaged and duct taped?.
Sadly I had to sell mine. :(>

Re: Duct Tape. Look what a bear can do to your plane

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:12 am
by IceAge
......... And the moral of the story :? :? :?


NEVER put 'anything' in your plane that 'smells like fish' in your plane when it is parked...... :lol: :lol: (^^)

Re: Duct Tape. Look what a bear can do to your plane

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:25 pm
by John Boucher
Clearly that was over the sea where everything is seriously cheaper!

Judging from the repair job, he used quite a few rolls and duct tape ain't the cheapest thing around!