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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: JHildreth on August 30, 2022, 12:56:39 PM
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Sigh!!!!!!!
Life cycle complete. Third corner of hourglass. Straight in to asphalt.
I guess its time to ramp up construction on #2.
Joe
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Ouch
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Sorry, that was a beautiful airplane, Joe.
Mark Gerber
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Joe, that breaks my heart. That was a truly gorgeous airplane. :'(
Bill
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Joe I am so sorry that is very sad!
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Do you have any idea why this happened? Engine quit? Windy day?
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Sorry for your loss. I have heard from observers that it was highlight reel dramatic and the fact that it still resembles a FW-190 after the crash is a tribute to your building skill.
A fitting caption for the crash photo: "Think this is bad, you should see the Spitfire".
Everything you learned from this one is going to make #2 even more impressive. Oh, I think you posted on the build thread that you were looking for a scale cockpit for #2.... :!
ken
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Wow that motor is toast!!! That really sucks! It was such a cool plane!
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Joe
Very sorry that you lost it. A beautiful airplane. That plane does make an impressive stunt ship.
Frank
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Oh crap oh dear. Looked like a real nice plane.Kurt Tank would be upset too.
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Ouch
Took the word right out of my mouth. Sorry to see, it was an incredible model.
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I just saw this. What everybody else has already said. It just sucks when that happens. It doesn't lessen the sting you feel right now but the next one will be better.
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Tragic. If the center section of the wing looks good, it might be re-built?
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Been there...done that...so sad... :(
Sorry man!
Start cutting some balsa and you'll forget it in no time!
Later,
Claudio.
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Man, that hurts! She was a beauty. Sorry Joe!
The Divot
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I've finished the postmortem evaluation of plane and events. It was not the airplane's fault. Engine and plane were working well up to ....... The most likely cause of the crash was my over controlling on the third corner causing the plane to stall. Another possible player is that the wind was light and somewhat variable. I could have either missed the direction on entry or got caught by a direction shift up top. I don't doubt that the cause was all or mostly pilot error.
Joe
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I see what went wrong .... the front bearing came out, which took the crankshaft, and ......
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I've finished the postmortem evaluation of plane and events. It was not the airplane's fault.
Of course it was the plane's fault. You have to look deeper! LL~
Ken
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Funny you say that Ken. Based on all of the comments I hear on the R/C side of things the reliability of the electronics has not improved much since the 1960's....
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FUDGE .
looks like a short Nose , now . :(
(https://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62232.0;attach=336540;image)
Young Al repaired one or two what were simlarly deranged . Go one step a time . Tho Id do it TO a short nose one !
If all the wing roots not fubb , getting the wing sheet back on id be a start .
It'd give you a good practise hack / test ship . Anyway . After all that effort building it I wouldnt give up on it to easy .
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Funny you say that Ken. Based on all of the comments I hear on the R/C side of things the reliability of the electronics has not improved much since the 1960's....
I have never seen an RC crash due to pilot error, they are all, inexplicably "radio failure" or "went into fail-safe".
Brett
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I have never seen an RC crash due to pilot error, they are all, inexplicably "radio failure" or "went into fail-safe".
Saw one not long ago, think it was RC Universe (but might have been RC Groups) in the club section, someone posted that they never crashed in the 6 years they started flying and still has their first plane, a Big Stik .60. LL~
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Ugh - been there, done that, with the last C/L kit model I ever built, a Dave Platt-designed KeilKraft Spectre. The only good thing about it in my case was that I was flying over grass and the engine, a robust PAW diesel, was unscathed.
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I have never seen an RC crash due to pilot error, they are all, inexplicably "radio failure" or "went into fail-safe".
Brett
Used that all the time - worked for me!! #^
The worst was when someone reminded me to replace my divot...