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WELL... IT HAPPENED.. DEAD DUCK IN THE SKY.... ABOUT 100 FT HIGH.. THE MOKI CRAPPS OUT FROM FULL THROTTLE..GOOD HEADWIND AND TONS OF DRAG . I TRIED TO KEEP THE NOSE UP BUT TO NO AVAIL...CRUNCH IN THE TALL WEEDS.SO THE DEATH SQUAD BRINGS THE BIG BAGGIES AND WE WALK OUT ABOUT 100YARDS AND THERE FUDDLOW WAS SITTING.WE ALL STARED AT IT FOR A LITTLE BIT AND LOOKED AROUND FOR BROKEN BITS AND NOTHING FUDDLOW WAS TOTALY ENTACT.WHAT NO WAY.I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE RUNWAY AND SET IT DOWN AND PUSHED IT BACK TO THE SET UP TABLES...WRONG MOVE...BY THE TIME I GOT IT BACK I HAVE AT LEAST 25 PICKERS IN THE TIRE TUBES.THE RUNWAY WAS FULL OF THEM FROM ALL THE WEEDS SURROUNDING THE RUNWAY.I LOOKED FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND ONE SIDE OF THE FUSELOGE.CRACKED LOOSE.OTHER THAN THAT MY NEW WATER SPRINKLER WHITE PVC TUBING AXLE HELD UP LIKE A CHAMP THE TIRES HIT UNDER THE WING AND LEFT BLACK MARKS ON BOTH SIDES.SO FOR THE REPAIR ON THE FIELD I WEDGED THE CRACK OPEN MORE AND SPRAYED SOME AEROSAL GLASS CLEANER ON IT AND PUT A BEAD OF ELMERS GORILLA GLUE AND WRAPPED THE FUSELOGE WITH 2 MOTORCYCLE TYE-DOWNS AND SNUGGED IT UP TIGHT...I CHOSE NOT TO FLY IT THE REST OF THE DAY BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED IT TO STAUL.IT WAS IN THE 80 DEGREE RANGE ALL DAY AND THE GLUE SETTLED DID ITS EXPANDING FOAM THINGIE.TOTAL CURE TIME IS ABOUT 5 HOURS AND STRONGER THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE CRUNCH.WHEN IT WAS TIME TO PACK UP I STARTED TO SUCK OU T THE GAS, BUT TO NO AVAIL...WHAT IT WAS 3/4 FULL.SO IT TIPPED IT ON ITS NOSE AND GOT OUT THE FUEL.. WHEN I GOT  HOME I PULLED THE TANK OUT LOOKING FOR A BROKEN LINE INSIDE THE TANK AND INSTEAD FOUND A BIG CLUMP OF CRAP INSIDE THE TANK.I HAD PUMPED IN SOME JUNK AND THE LINE PLUGGED UP AT FULL THROTTLE.SO---- BIG LESSON LEARNED ..GET A FILTER FOR FILL UPS AND YOUR DAY WILL GO BETTER . AND MAYBE ONE LESS DEAD STICK..TONIGHT I CUT THE ELEVATOR OFF AND REDESIGNED IT TO HAVE A LOT MORE TRAVEL FOR DEAD STICK LANDINGS ---IN OTHERWORDS A TON OF UP ELEVATOR FOR THE EMERGENCY TO HELP FLAIR THE NOSE UP ON LANDING.... SUNDAY I GET TO FLY AGAIN... FUDDLOW HAS 9 LIVES.LEO