Finally got time and good weather on the same day.  Made three flights before an excessively hard landing.  On the second flight I stayed mostly level until the plane ran out of fuel.  On flight three I tried a loop, stalled, hit the ground hard, broke the tail, then the plane bounced onto its wheels and took off again. Made several laps before the final crash.  Below is a picture of the plane ready for flight number three.

      Analysis:  Plane flew fair even without tail, but not great.
                    Pilot flew, sort of...
                    Twenty foot lines to fit in area where flight took place = I'm glad I didn't use that APC prop today.


      Aftermath / new project

Hey! A flight, is a flight!

Git'errrrr Done!

Robert

Look again at his third picture...question answered!

Congratulations, Wayne.  I've had far worse outcomes.

--Ray

At least the neighbors don't complain about the noise.

Actually we have lived near that cemetery for about a decade.  There was one occasion when the ninety pound retriever that we had at the time managed to get trapped in a recently dug grave.  He fell into it between the digging and the funeral.  I got the privilege of pulling him out while some of the deceased person's relatives watched.  One  guy actually helped.  I was already embarrassed when the wet muddy (red clay mud) dog, as soon as he was out, gave himself a big shake and splattered the bystanders.  I apologized and drug the dog home.  When I got him home  I tied him to a tree, hosed him off, and then addressed cleaning myself up. What a morning...

Any way, back to the airplane.  After the crash last Saturday I wiped it off and put it away.  Today, close inspection revealed much greater damage than I first thought complicating the decision to repair or discard.

I think the plane was just to heavy.  It came off the ground in a reasonable distance, climbed to level flight ok, and  seemed fast and stable in level flight.  Any attempted at a steep climb resulted in rapid loss of airspeed.  Trying a loop from level flight was a bad idea.  I also noted that as the plane got above a certain angle the lines began to lose tension.  If I'd been content to just fly level and fast the plane may have lasted a bit longer.  Bottom line, it was fun.