Well, practice makes perfect. Carrier trials for my new profile Guardian proved to be a disaster. On the fourth flight I landed on the circle after a windy flight and the lines snaged some grass. this caused the enginge to accelarate and it proceeded to do a wing over. It's repairable but not in time for Detroit on 5/17. I will go to last years airplane. Oh well, the pilot lived.
Wayne

Wayne,
That is such a shame.  Guess you should have been flying over the water-no grass there.  Good luck on getting it back together for Brodaks.
John


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Wayne,
That might have sounded a little cocky now that I read it again.  Should have said something more like I hope you have it back together in time for Brodaks.  I am sure you know what I mean in any case.  It sucks when they go down so early in life.
John

I'd consider it a "freak" accident, not much you could have done to save it.  I'm glad that it is repairable and really like the paint scheme.

Well it's repaired. Fortunately no broken spars or leading edge if you can believe that. I checked all of the glue joints also. I decided to make some new ribs ang glue them up against the old ribs. Beats rejigging the whole wing. I then installed new trailing edge and cap strips. I only had to replace part of the white covering on the underside of the wing then I recovered the entire left wing. Put the trim back on and it looks OK. I believe I found another hitch. It looks like my throttle wire was bearing the load and I was getting some hunting. I made another clip and it feels better at least when I hold the handle,there is more tension on the up and down lines. I need to make new lines tomorrow and we are off to Detroit Sunday. Supposed to be Sunny and cool with winds 10-15. I am attaching a couple of pictures.
Wayne

Well it's repaired. Fortunately no broken spars or leading edge if you can believe that. I checked all of the glue joints also. I decided to make some new ribs ang glue them up against the old ribs. Beats rejigging the whole wing. I then installed new trailing edge and cap strips. I only had to replace part of the white covering on the underside of the wing then I recovered the entire left wing. Put the trim back on and it looks OK. I believe I found another hitch. It looks like my throttle wire was bearing the load and I was getting some hunting. I made another clip and it feels better at least when I hold the handle,there is more tension on the up and down lines. I need to make new lines tomorrow and we are off to Detroit Sunday. Supposed to be Sunny and cool with winds 10-15. I am attaching a couple of pictures.
Wayne

Well Detroit was a success in as much as the airplanes came home in one piece. Flew the Profile and Class 2 in bad winds and got officials. It was really blowing at Rouge park. The carrier circle is basically in a bowl so the wind is really goofy. No crash is a major achievement. The profile flew much better with the line issue corrected. No hunting and very stable in high speed. Low speed was a chore so with the wind blowing and gusting any score with a successful line snag was an accomplishment. The Class 2 got two flights and two broken props but no major issues. It needs more adjusting. I want to thank Lee Ryktarsik and Mark Warwashana for a great day. Now i just have to make it to brodak's.
Wayne