Professional Fuselage Tailboom Repair

RC Soaring By Gordon Buckland | gordon@gatorf3b.com As seen in the July 2022 issue of Model Aviation. ONE OF THE MOST common repairs on a modern sailplane is a broken tailboom. This month’s column is a real treat. We’ll learn how Dennis Harvey, an absolute genius in composite sailplane repairs, does it. I have the dubious reputation of being a wizard at carbon-fiber repair. I say dubious because that also means I’ve made countless repairs—I have crashed so many times during the spot-landing learning curve. I’ve had decades of experience with…