Author Topic: When you run out of altitude, airspeed and ideas all at once ----------- (Read 4325 times)

Robert Zambelli · « **on:** August 22, 2010, 10:43:48 AM »

-------------------- this is what happens.

(easier to laugh than cry!)

Finally got it trimmed out, making the best flight ever and then had an encounter with my own turbulence.

Bob Z.

Jim Oliver · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2010, 11:15:25 AM »

On the bright side, it looks like an almost perfect design; just about every part is broken!

John Stiles · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2010, 11:46:29 AM »

AW Geeeeee! Man that was one nice plane........hate it bad for ya!

john e. holliday · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2010, 12:03:19 PM »

Looks easy enough to fix. Send it to Windy.

Tim Wescott · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2010, 12:16:26 PM »

You certainly had attained some ground speed. Are you sure you were really out of airspeed?

I had an "incident" this weekend, too, practicing inverted flight. Good thing I was flying an itty bitty 1/2A throwaway (sob).

Chuck Feldman · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2010, 01:30:53 PM »

Bob,

We expect better than this from you. Pilots do make errors.

Chuck

Dave Adamisin · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2010, 02:14:16 PM »

Pull BACK on the stick, make the houses look smaller..........

Zuriel Armstrong · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2010, 02:16:15 PM »

Bob,

Rebuilt it or make another one. That was a cool airplane.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2010, 03:20:30 PM »

Just consider it part of your re-engineering process to evolve it into a take-apart design.

Robert Zambelli · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2010, 03:25:05 PM »

Yes, I had lots of ground speed - unfortunately perpendicular to the ground!

No, I cannot rebuild it - it was actually much worse than the pictures show. I saved the flaps and empenage for another design.

Sad to see it go as it was really flying well.

Bob Z.

W.D. Roland · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2010, 03:43:16 PM »

Woah! Robert that sucks.
Actually was the suction from gravity that got it!

[[had an encounter with my own turbulence.]]
This is a problem with all except one of my airplanes. consecutive loops is where its worst.
The late afternoon practice I get is usually dead calm.
The Shark 45 based airplane seems to not have this problem.

Hate to see this happen to ya and a nice airplane.

David

Larry Fulwider · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2010, 04:41:35 PM »

For those of you with short memories, here is what Bob lost --

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=17240.0

Larry Fulwider

Bill Little · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2010, 06:15:36 PM »

HI Bob,

I really hate to see that. It WAS a pretty plane! Now you can move on, but losing a good one hurts for a while.

Bill

proparc · « **Reply #13 on:** August 23, 2010, 12:11:02 PM »

So sorry to see you lost one. I know I always joke with Bob, we go back a long ways but, I always like your work, and you never quite know what you are going to make next. Bob is a true builder!!

And a 4 stroke pioneer I might add.

Tom Niebuhr · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2010, 03:09:14 PM »

Bob,
That is a big loss. Next time you have take the ground magnets out of the airplane.

Seriously, I hope you build another one.

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2010, 03:22:36 PM »

Man that stinks. I know how hard you have been working the kinks out on it.

On the other hand I can make you a deal on a CARDINETTE - had a recent major "price" hike I'm afraid...!

frank carlisle · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2010, 04:52:48 AM »

CraSHING IS THE VERY THING THAT MAKES THIS SPORT SUCH A CHALLENGE. an artist hangs his painting on the wall and it is safe. We build a model and then tempt disaster by flying it.

mike hartung · « **Reply #17 on:** August 24, 2010, 12:34:45 PM »

I know how to spell this one--BUMMER!! Sorry for your loss.

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Robert Zambelli

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