My new take-apart (it didnt start out that way)

[steve pagano]

 
     This is what happens when you don't reinforce your wings center point!
My outboard wing decided to depart and at the same time take my out board stab/ elevator with it!

[Randy Powell]

In flight? YEOW! Well, that's disconcerting.

At least it's repairable. Not much fun though.

[Jim Oliver]

Shocking, I would guess----------

What maneuver was in progress when the bits began to depart?

Cheers,

Jim

[steve pagano]

     I was just coming out of a wingover and felt a sudden jolt in the lines
The worst part was that it was only the third flight on a brand new plane. Now to get crakin on a new nats plane.

[Stan Bidowski]

There must have been a gremlin on the wing, like that old Twilight Zone episode.  They never
believed Shatner 

Stan 

[steve pagano]

There must have been a gremlin on the wing, like that old Twilight Zone episode.  They never
believed Shatner 

Stan 

I havent seen that episode in a long while!

[steve pagano]

In flight? YEOW! Well, that's disconcerting.

At least it's repairable. Not much fun though.

Yes repairable ! I should have the stab/elev. back on by tomorrow afternoon here's were im at now
I knew always asking for chop sticks when i order take out would pay off lol

[Leo Mehl]

OOPS! I hate it when this kind of stuff happens. Hube Start from canada lost one of his planes when the take apart wing decided to go its own way. Also saw a wing come off on a Caudron. I noticed it was kind of moveng up and down when it was flying. when the guy did inside square the fuseledge turned and the outside wing said Goodby. I usuually take mine apart the easy way, I just fly it into the ground. I know a few others that like this method of Take Apart.

[Warren Leadbeatter]

I turned my ARF Strega into a take apart last weekend... no photos sorry... It wasn't in pieces long enough.  By mid week it was all one piece and ready to fly again.

It ran out of fuel and cut out on the 3rd leaf of the clover and flew straight at me... I couldnt run fast enough to regain line tension so it flew straight into the ground, sheared off both wings at the fuse and pushed the Saito 62 back a few millimetres, bending the engine bolts. The wing covering amazingly wasnt damaged.

The hardest part of the repair was getting the engine out because of the bent mounting bolts.  It now looks like new again, as though it has never been flown.  I consider myself lucky it wasnt worse.

Cheers

[Clint Ormosen]

Man I hate to see posts like this. Makes me think "Did I do everything in my power to avoid this on my plane?"
Glad to see the damage wasn't so bad that you couldn't repair it. It's one thing to lose a plane after 100's of flights, but on the third flight? Ouch!

[Clancy Arnold]

I think that is why the first few flights are called TEST FLIGHTS!!!

Clancy

[Garf]

Had that happen once due to undetected damage from a previous crash. The outboard wing seperated in level flight. It just kept flying. Even the landing was uneventful.