BobFE

Continued from "Getting back into it" in the "Beginners" forum. Ok, so having a good flight, then decided to do a nice slow roll. Started out fine, but was loosing too much altitude too fast. Tried to get it over faster but saw I was running out of airspace real quick. Almost had it wings level when the ground jumped up and grabbed the plane. I might want to think about putting some weights on the ground so it won't do that again. Anyways, the plane hit about 40 yards in front of me with right wing down, nose down attitude. I saw the wing depart the aircraft and the fuselage come to rest about 10ft from the wing. Totally pilot error. Damage not that bad. Nose gear torn off, aileron servo ripped out, aileron pushrod bent, frame just forward of the wing broken, wing pins ripped out of wing, covering on bottom of plane ripped off, and right wingtip crunched. From what I can tell the firewall is till intact and the prop didn't even break! I'll know more when I start tearing into it. I am really glad I converted the plane to pins and screws a few years ago. If the plane still had rubber bands to hold on the wings I think the damage would me more severe. The nylon shear screws did their job. I'll repair the damage and have the plane flying again soon. Here are some pics.