Author Topic: FW190#1 RIP (Read 2101 times)

JHildreth · « **on:** August 30, 2022, 12:56:39 PM »

Sigh!!!!!!!

Life cycle complete. Third corner of hourglass. Straight in to asphalt.

I guess its time to ramp up construction on #2.

Joe

Dan Berry · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2022, 01:10:09 PM »

Mark Gerber · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2022, 02:15:39 PM »

Sorry, that was a beautiful airplane, Joe.

Mark Gerber

bill bischoff · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2022, 02:36:01 PM »

Joe, that breaks my heart. That was a truly gorgeous airplane.

Bill

Joe Gilbert · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2022, 03:43:40 PM »

Joe I am so sorry that is very sad!

Jim Svitko · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2022, 03:44:42 PM »

Do you have any idea why this happened? Engine quit? Windy day?

Ken Culbertson · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2022, 04:00:14 PM »

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

Matt Colan · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2022, 04:18:36 PM »

Wow that motor is toast!!! That really sucks! It was such a cool plane!

frank williams · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2022, 06:07:12 PM »

Joe
Very sorry that you lost it. A beautiful airplane. That plane does make an impressive stunt ship.
Frank

John Carrodus · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2022, 06:30:00 PM »

Oh crap oh dear. Looked like a real nice plane.Kurt Tank would be upset too.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2022, 07:43:44 PM »

Quote from: Dan Berry on August 30, 2022, 01:10:09 PM

Ouch

Took the word right out of my mouth. Sorry to see, it was an incredible model.

Joe Bowman · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2022, 07:57:03 PM »

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.

Motorman · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2022, 08:49:55 PM »

Tragic. If the center section of the wing looks good, it might be re-built?

Claudio Chacon · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2022, 12:35:13 PM »

Been there...done that...so sad...

Sorry man!

Start cutting some balsa and you'll forget it in no time!

Later,
Claudio.

Dave Hull · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2022, 09:18:23 PM »

Man, that hurts! She was a beauty. Sorry Joe!

The Divot

JHildreth · « **Reply #15 on:** September 01, 2022, 07:25:37 AM »

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

frank williams · « **Reply #16 on:** September 01, 2022, 08:10:40 AM »

I see what went wrong .... the front bearing came out, which took the crankshaft, and ......

Ken Culbertson · « **Reply #17 on:** September 01, 2022, 09:15:42 AM »

Quote from: JHildreth on September 01, 2022, 07:25:37 AM

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!

Ken

Teodorico Terry · « **Reply #18 on:** September 01, 2022, 09:41:27 AM »

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....

M Spencer · « **Reply #19 on:** September 01, 2022, 08:30:12 PM »

FUDGE .

looks like a short Nose , now .

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 .

Brett Buck · « **Reply #20 on:** September 01, 2022, 09:03:32 PM »

Quote from: Teodorico Terry on September 01, 2022, 09:41:27 AM

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

GallopingGhostler · « **Reply #21 on:** September 03, 2022, 10:39:39 PM »

Quote from: Brett Buck on September 01, 2022, 09:03:32 PM

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.

John Park · « **Reply #22 on:** September 04, 2022, 04:26:47 AM »

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.

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #23 on:** September 04, 2022, 07:47:07 PM »

Quote from: Brett Buck on September 01, 2022, 09:03:32 PM

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...