On my Rebel, everything is metal except the flapperons. While I was out in the bush I got a bit of hail a while back, not enough to hurt the rest of the plane, but a few went through the control surfaces. I field repaired it and am ready to do the real repair.

I envision they'll have to be recovered, it isn't a huge surface area but I have no experience with fabric repairs on aircrafts. I was thinking of sending them to someone who could do the repairs. Does anyone have recommendations of how to get control surfaces recovered? I checked with the local A&Ps at the field and they didn't feel their fabric skills were up to the task.

thanks!

Couple of questions...

What are the length and width of the surfaces..??
Are you willing to ship..??
PolyFiber cover..??

Control surfaces are relatively easy to recover and probably the best thing to do as multiple repair patches can start to look ugly.. I currently have a KitFox fuselage to cover and a Pacer for a complete tear down and restoration this winter.. However, a pair of flaperons shouldn't take but a few days to do..

With that said... The best way of doing them is to bring them up to Oregon and let us teach you how to do them yourself...

Brian.

Take a road trip to Oregon and have Brian teach you how to cover. You may have someone local that could teach you but that would not be as much fun. It's not hard and is enjoyable. A lot of shops, sometimes to make it affordable for you, fit covering jobs in slow times so it may not be completed as fast as you would like, or if you are lucky you may find one that will jump right on it. My ice cream hauling Tripacer had the vertical stab break in flight from corrosion (insect nest caused). I removed the cover, had the stab repaired and then spent half of a day covering the repair, then parts of the next three days priming and painting. Ready to go again. I'm just an old retired teacher/coach/pilot, if I can do it, you can too.
A few repair pictures:

I had my Navajo students at Tohatchi High School cover the wings and controls on my Tri-Pacer. They did excellent work. I did the fuselage at the airport. Ugly.

How does that work when you do your own fabric work on a certified aircraft? I'm guessing you have to find an AI who will work with you and sign it off? I have been thinking about taking on a J3 project that needs to be re-covered and painted, but only if I can learn how and do the fabric work myself.