what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
01-12-2007, 10:22 PM
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what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
this goes way back in the scrapbook 90 sized phaeton I think? Hard to say it was kit building era, long ago on a planet far ..far away!
01-13-2007, 01:50 AM
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RE: what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
Nothing a little bit of heat, some glues, a few chunks of wood, and some covering wouldn't fix!!!
01-13-2007, 06:29 AM
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RE: what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
Are you sure a Duck Hunter didn't shoot it down by mistake? [sm=lol.gif] Sorry foodstick... just trying to remove the pain a bit. We all Crash and Learn. Too bad you didn't have a Video of it. [sm=wink_smile.gif]
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01-13-2007, 11:06 AM
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RE: what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
actually I don't have almost any video of myself flying...but years ago I used to tape all my friends flying ...I have some good , some bad...but the quality of the tapes are sure looking rough...
01-14-2007, 10:04 PM
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RE: what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
This is a plane crash forum not a boat crash forum LOL. Bad enough to crash but you had to get wet as well real bad day!
01-16-2007, 12:14 AM
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RE: what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
Should have left it out there. maybe a new one would have landed next to it and you could have had your golden retriever go get it for you! 
01-16-2007, 07:55 PM
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RE: what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
You should have seen the water plume when it went straight in wide open..It looked like a whale blowing air in the flood waters...
01-17-2007, 01:54 PM
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RE: what happens when you do full power split S into 30mph winds...
This reminds me of a crash that happened back in the 70's. My father was trying to teach my mother to fly. The plane was a Senior Falcon and she was doing her best which was no quite good enough. Anyway, she got disoriented and had the plane coming straight down, losing altitude very fast. My father grabed the transmitter and gave it up elevator too fast, although he didnt have time to do anything else. The wing, being attached with rubber bands, seperated from the fuselage and began a slow fall, fluttering down while the fuselage came down like a bullet, landing in a lake. The lake could not be seen from where we were standing because of some tall grass but I saw the geyser of water rise up with authority. I ran to the crash site to find the fuselage floating upright in the lake, undammaged except for the water and the wing, undammaged, lying in the grass. My father flew the plane the next weekend.
