Frustrated Feelings Fan Foamie Fixing Fobia

[thevon]

I've developed a hatred of fixing damaged foamie wings. I scrunched the tip of my Reaper wing the other day and am really procrastinating about fixing it. Whereas with moldies I seem to rip into the repairs and almost enjoy it.

I was philosophically musing that perhaps the reason for this is that when time a foamie wing is banged up you feel like the only way to get it back like new is to totally re-cover the wing. But that's a lot of work and you feel ripped off about all the work you did in the first place covering it. And if you do re-cover it, it probably won't be as good as the first time.

Whereas with the moldies you can repair the damaged spot and it all looks new. No need to think about stripping the whole thing back.

I dunno, and I know this is a silly topic, but I can really tell I find fixing foamies very annoying compared to moldies, and I find it hard to put the reason into words. I love having foamies and will always need one or three, but I resent the work in them and the lack of "perfection" attainable. If you make them look perfect it never lasts long. Interested in other peoples' thoughts on this. Maybe someone could do a Psych PhD on it.

[nige]

I have to agree there Andrew. They are always crinkled, the tape shrinks and gets dirty around the edges and the hinging sucks. I do believe though, that because they are foamies they are prone to be abused more than a mouldie and there lies the problem.
So if we fly our foamies like our mouldies they would look a whole lot better. You most probably know this anyway but that is my 2 cents worth. My reaper looks so good because I hardly fly it let alone DS it.

My starling looks like crap because I usually get a little ding everytime I fly I don't want to go to the trouble of spraying it. I'm saving them up for a christmas paint job.

Nigel

[airtime]

I know where ur comin from Andrew, But I crashed my reaper at
Manilla The other week. Went through a tree branch about arm thickness snapping the branch clean.The wing had 2 chunks pushed in about 2 to3 inches wide. Plus the fuse came apart, which was probably a good thing. I think it save it.
I cut the pieces out that were damaged after cutting the covering off around the damaged area, an got some Pu glue pored it around the pieces, pushed the pieces back in the holes and put some acetate around the job(like bagging) and weighted it. Come back the next day and it comes out shiny, Coupla patches
anda coupla days mate. Just like a bought 1.

I just bought a new camera for the old man so I'll try and get some photos off the finished product in the next coupla days...
Asto