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wing tip drag- safe?

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Not my most brilliant day at the controls. Let a gusty crosswind get the best of me and I had a momentary wing drag on landing. I don't think there is any structural damage as I didn't feel anything just saw it happen. It is through the fabric and some wood scraping on both wing tip and aileron tip.

Question: is it safe to fly as is? Is this something that can be easily repaired or are we talking about tearing into the wing for repair and then recovering it?

Dang, this never happened when I was content to fly a cessna 172.

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