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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Gary Dowler on October 13, 2018, 02:02:22 AM
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Back in august I lost my Shoestring Stunter in a crash after the lines had snagged on a weed at take off.
Tonight I located the journal I had kept on this plane, which had been misplaced. I keep one on all my planes. Looking in it revealed an interesting tid bit that I had not realized.
It's maiden flight was on 8/13/2016.
It's fatal Flight was on 8/13/2018.
2 years to the day.
Gary
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The chances are 1 in 365
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That is pretty strange. You could look at it as you had 730 days of awesomeness with it.....
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That is pretty strange. You could look at it as you had 730 days of awesomeness with it.....
Well, thanks to Mark Scarbourough helping me to trim it out better, I had 729 days of frustration/adequacy with it and one day of pure awesomeness, before the local flora ruined my fun. LL~
Gary
Edit: forgot a little credit for helping transform it into a great flier, that goes to Brett Buck for the education on engines and the OS 20FP it eventually wore.
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Just curious, did the fatal event occur on a Friday????
Ted
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Just curious, did the fatal event occur on a Friday????
Ted
Aren't you supposed to be knockin' 'em dead at GSSC, and not lurking on some Internet forum?
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Just curious, did the fatal event occur on a Friday????
Ted
Interesting observation Ted, however 8-13-18 was a Monday.
Larry
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That always happens the day the warrantee runs out. 2,000 revolutions or 2 years, which ever comes first. Next one make sure you give it a longer warrantee period. That does not include certain drive train parts.
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Just curious, did the fatal event occur on a Friday????
Ted
Calendar says it was a Monday.
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That always happens the day the warrantee runs out. 2,000 revolutions or 2 years, which ever comes first. Next one make sure you give it a longer warrantee period. That does not include certain drive train parts.
yeah, I'll buy the extended protection plan on the next one!!
Lol
Gary
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Years ago when I first started flying again in the early 60's, my wife and kids came out to watch. When ever I crashed my wife would lay on the horn and her and the kids would celebrate. I crashed a lot. When I quit crashing so much, they quit coming out to watch. They said it was no fun anymore. I owe all my success in model aviation to my wife an kids who made me keep at it until I could fly reasonably well. They also helped me keep my sense of humor at my dumb mistakes. After learning how to fly inverted on control line planes, r/c was a natural.
Actually, my wife and kids have always supported me in everything I have ever done. I am so blessed. If you have a wife that supports you, you have most of what you need to succeed. She introduces me as her lucky husband. And she is right.
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And Ray Cote received a hand written letter from President Ford on August 14th!