planebuilder66

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Your time will come, it may not be your fault completlly, but you know you just cursed yourself, by saying that. I have had a plane go in because it was late fall, why? tempature drop and a switch, keep your radio in a warm truck and then bring it out in 50 degree weather, what happens?, the copper strip in contracts in tempature drops, when it did this the carbon build up from the years of usage fouled the connection causing the radio to loose connection on the switch and turn off the radio in mid flight, so the dumbest little things can kill a plane in seconds. How did I find it, I simply looked down after the plane went in and it was off, I thought batteries were dead, so I went to turn it off and as soon as I touched the switch, the flash 5 came to life, let off the switch and it went dead. I packed it all up and put it in the truck, B.S.'d with the guys and went back to grab the radio and once warm it worked flawlessly, let it cool, back to intermittent connection. Never say never!

Adui

[X(][X(] You do realize you just cursed yourself!!

I actually said "Thats not supposed to happen" once, but fortunately I saved the plane so I guess it dont count.. (Pulled a hard turn from downwind to upwind going slow and she tip stalled, snapping the other way. I recovered bu it was hairy.. [X(]

sir crashallot

i once saw a midair at our field and someone shouted (It's raining planes must have run out of cats and dogs)

Southern Saint

Pilot: Hey guys, watch this!
Guys: OOOOH!
Pilot: And this!
Guys: AAAAH!
Pilot: Last one!
Guys: (Heard as they are diving for cover!) AAAH S#&T!!! [:@]

mdscientist61

This video is about 40 seconds long. My wife was operating the camera.
Things were going fine right up until I hit the power line.
Unfortunately the quality is quite poor, but at the end you can clearly hear the following sequence of sounds:
- a loud slapping sound as the impact with the power line shears the coroplast wing off the SPAD
- the un-balanced sputtering sound of the engine because one blade of the prop is gone. The sound continues as the fuselage falls from the power line to the ground.
- my wife saying Oh-Oh
- the pilot saying Back to the old drawing board.

http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/k...power_line.flv

I did repair the SPAD and I flew it quite a bit that whole summer.

planebuilder66

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Wow, you need to teach you wife to look at the video camera screen and not at the plane directly, I don't know how many videos I have of me offroading where all I see is my buddy's crotch as he's saying holly cr@p, where going to flip, apon playback I just roll my eyes and ask him if he likes the feel of the camera in his nuts.

mdscientist61

You are correct in that my wife failed to frame the video correctly.

Unfortunately we were unable re-do the video shoot of the event

Although my wife did not take a good video, she does in fact tolerate having a house full of airplanes, so after giving the matter some consideration I've decided to keep her

THERCAV8R

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When I crash, The Sailor comes out in me and I wasen't even the Navy!!! HA

THERCAV8R

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We were flying off water at a friends boat house. On a second or third flight my friend took off and the model flew into the boat house next door. With out thinking I asked "what did you do that for" his reply was "I didn't do it"....

psb667

check it out I can almost land this thing(wind came up half way through battery got to about 5 feet off the ground and a gust took it straight into the ground)

psb667

thats gonna be hard to land(canopy came of t28)followed by I hope i didnt hit that house

psb667

hey did i just land

splatv

My buddie flamed out did a 180 trying to get back to the field and crashed bad! I said why did you do a 180? you knew it would fall out of the sky.Well the next day I did the same thing, all he said was nice. I now try to keep my comments to myself.

Avgeek

I dont call them landings anymore they are "arivals"

"Im getting better the bits are getting bigger each time"

Why are women like gravity?
scorn either at your peril!

funniest (in hindsight) was when about 5 of us were all airborne, guy crashed almost at my feet and gave me such a fright i crashed next to another guy who also crashed... dominoes?
and i didnt see any of the crashes!!

psb667

So im hovering around the basement as im prone to do after dark and I clip the corner of the coffee table. This causes many pieces to fly all over the place. What brilliance comes out of my mouth "Huh the rotor came off"

StingRayZ09

In my Club the saying is everybody has done that and where did that come from>>>>>> Who put that bolder There?

ADELYAHYA

I was g... ...d ...what .... ... the .......who ....... ooooh ...............NOOOOOOOOOO, .not again !

planebuilder66

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I think the most I hear when someone crashes is crickets, nobody say's a word till the pilot gives the excuse for the abrupt landing.

Detour747

1. Well...the new plane wont cost as much... I still have the transmitter

2. It was the wind.

3. I sneezed.

4. This is what happens when you stand next to me... negative energy maan

Nordicz

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This has been a year of many firsts, My first flight, Solo, build and crash with several quotes.

Myself and my instructor were working in one last flight before winter. I had flown all year without incident when I had the last flight and he was cleaning his plane up for transport.

I decided to do some manuvers , a roll , a loop "INVERTED FLIGHT" oops.

I augered it in he looks at me said "What Happened!"
Me: "Don't Ask"
Chris: "No really what happened"
Me: "Stupidity"- but I almost saved it"
Chris "Laughing"
Me: "My expiration date was sooner than expected"
Me: "I guess I will be getting my next build early"
Chris: "How is your wife going to take this? What do we tell her"
Me: "Definitly a MECHANICAL FAILURE"

Many firsts -several quotes.

SIG Kougar Kit coming to an airfield near me.

ohnoucdat

My Feedback: (16)

sorry guys I forgot to call landing

chad32u

I'm not sure if this one has already been covered, but it is a precursor to a manoeuver that is fated to end with a crash...

"Hold my beer and watch this."

I love that one...

ohnoucdat

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If I hear watch this I'm running for the shelter it usually never ends well. LOL

zeeshan

ohh shi* mate, hmm think we call it a day

worldmodelsmach1

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"God Damnit ....... oh ohhhhhhh...............whoa that went in at light speed dude!!!!!!!!!!!!... were is the wing...............?"
This is wat i said when the wing ripped off durring an outside loop on my world models super sports.
I never saw anything like this.