sticktickler

Well I was out today with my new Stick and all was going great till the engine died on my third flight. I was low but right over head and my field has few options it’s the runway or trees I made a quick turn to line up and she was coming in hot eating up runway very fast. Never wanting to noose-em down I held her off to bleed off some speed. I bleed off some speed alright as she hit one of those trees near the of the runway about 3ft. from the ground which tends to stop planes very quickly. I use 3/8" dowel rods for my leading edge so when the left wing hit the tree trunk there was little damage the leading 3/8" dowel never even broke it did crack the sheeting and busted a few ribs as it apparently flexed back rearward from the impact. The ribs will need replaced of course I will also need to cut more sheeting back to get inside to make repairs as you can see in the photos I have already cut some back to have a look inside. The fuse cracked along the seems that make the fuses sides longer. An easy fix already done and covered with some added tribal flames in carbon fiber covering to hide the repair a bit, now on to the wing. I don't think it matters how many trees you have near a field even one is easly found by a RC plane dang trees!

aerowoof

there are kite eating trees and there are plane eating trees .you have to be able to tell the difference .unless you find the rare kiteplane eating tree

sticktickler

When flying at my field you learn to build tree proof planes!