Hi All Thank you all for your willingness to help in my blunder of a first WC. I simply built a plane for smooth pavement and not rough grass. The grass circles at Muncie are better than the one's we had in Poland. Bret The prop broke about an inch from the hub strait across like it has no carbon toe going end to end and on the second strait in impact it cracked at the hub. The first prop strike was hard enough to twist the motor mount and motor out of the plane and toss it into the weeds. The circles were watered down and rolled in following days but the plane was gone. The prop strike also twisted the plane enough to crack the fuse from the stab forward about 6 inches to the bottom block . After the repairs this area failed with a vary loud crack sound on the reverse wing over that sent the plan strait in . The tail section was skewered into the ground by the push rod that had both titanium ends broken. I was shattered. That day, Igor arranged the use of a plane from a gentleman from Germany that was only competing in the world cup but he did not speak English. Thanks to Bruno and Henk, the next day we had a plane on the way if it would fit in the car and survive the ride from England 12 hours away and not until Sunday. A day later Kaz offered the use of his Blue Max with a PA 75 and I almost fell over. Late that day Bena offered a brand new Shark he was taking delivery of that day. Thank you all for your generosity that shows how special this sport is. Having planed for electric we did not have any fuel , battery, syringe and the like . Lauri helped with bottles and syringe and some nitro. Kaz gave us handle lines, flight box , spare props , and any thing I needed . Keith was on a mission to get fuel that was not easy or cheep ( $ 220 US for 6 liters ) that we mixed at the field. I ran almost 5 liters through the plane and adjusted handle and added nose weight until the plane felt like home. We are about to board a ship that may not have wifi for a week will right more later. Before I go , Can you imagine lending some one your plane to fly for a week as much as they can in horrible conditions . Thank you from the bottom of my heart so much Kaz and all that made this possible.. Kenny Stevens
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