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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Tim Stagg on July 07, 2015, 07:30:01 PM
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For those that saw the awful result of what happens when a car meets a Chipmunk in the pits at Brodak this year. I thought I would let everyone know....the Chip lives again.... and if you didn't know it had been run over....you would have a hard time telling. It gained a 1/2 once but that's not too bad.
Pictures show before and after
I will hopefully get to do some test flights tomorrow night.
Tim
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Hi Tim, Way to go! You DA Man man! If looks are any indication I'll bet this bird flies just as well as it did before; for sure I do hope so! As I said before you really handled this whole thing superbly, an inspiration for all of us.
Phil Spillman
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Thanks Phil.
From the words of a great American..... Forest Gump....sh*t happens.
It was a fun rebuild Challenge :)
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Well done Tim.
In more ways than one.
Cheers!
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Wow Tim
I did not know about the snafu. Nice repair work. Looks as good as it did before. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/08/7b56ff932852816a890f05a4ab41113d.jpg)
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GREAT job Tim! Did you re-install the original pieces or did you have to graft a new nose onto it?
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Thanks Paul and Dennis.
Paul, that picture was snapped about 20 minutes before the incident.
Dennis, I had about 70% of the pieces and used about 1/2 of those in the rebuild process. Some of it was just too smashed to bring back to shape without a lot of filler...i.e. weight being added. so I grafted in new sections where the sheeting was just too gone. Most of the top deck is new. The carbon Fiber cowl took the crunch quite well, I just had to fix a few cracks and dings.
All in all I was pretty lucky the structure was back together in an evening and the rest was just paint and finishing time.
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And what is the story with the plane and car. I was not at Brodaks, sorry to say.
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Doc,
Someone chose to drive a car where it didn't belong, and ran over my plane while it was in the pits next to 15 other models...mine just happen to be on the end HB~>
I didn't get a chance to put in my second flight before it happened
Tim
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Test flew the chipmunk last weekend before I had to travel for work.
Flies better than ever, I switched to a new custom carbon 3 blade prop I bought from Bob Whitney.
It made a huge difference.
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Way to go Tim, I'm a fan of the Chipmunks and your is and was a fine example. I am curious what engine your using in yours? I have one that I am bringing back from having the other end crushed in a dry storage container.
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David,
Thanks for the compliments.
I am using an e-flite 15 with a castle edge lite 50 and a 4 cell 2600 mah battery.
This is a nice combination but the battery is on the edge of being a little small for longevity. I have had my current backs for 2 seasons now and they are starting to get a little tired. From my point of view the trade off is worth it. 120$ for 3 packs and 2 seasons of flight....I take it y1
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Dang Tim! You're like the Flash! How do you build (repair) so fast???
Congrats on doing such a nice job!
Scott (the slowpoke...)
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Once I get on a roll it just flows Scott.
It really looked much worse than it was and since I fly electric, there is way less vibration and torsion stress on the airframe, so putting it all back together takes less pieces. #^ #^ #^ #^ #^ #^ #^ #^ #^ #^