I advised the guy I'm repairing the kites/wing that the kite was holding air, but that considering the state of the other valves, it might be worth it to go ahead and glue up the last two valves that were holding air.
He said yes please go ahead and fix everything.
I pulled the bladders and the valves were half on - half off. The strut sleeves these came from are small diameter and when pressurized, there really isn't room to move - so these were compressed to hold the air.
But as a kite flexes in flight, you never know.
I got them glued up this afternoon. I'll get them installed tomorrow after I get back from the dawn patrol. I'll also change the one pump tubes and get the valves zip tied.
Then I'll pressure test the whole kite again.
This one should be done after that. I'll move on to glueing up the Cabrinha Apollo strut valves while I wait for the leading edge valves that I ordered to get delivered.
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