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Its Thursday afternoon .. great weather ... bank holiday tomorrow and absolutely nothing happening at work today .. guess everybody else in the UK has taken to-day off.
So as I'm bored, so here are a few of my own crash stories.
(1) Limbo dancer ARTF - flying quite nicely - then spins into the ground - totally destroyed. On examination the airborne radio was completely dead. Took the receiver apart (GWS - 8 CH D/C) and found that one of the chips had burnt out! Didn't actually catch fire or anything like that, just a smell of burnt chip and pcb. Moral of this story .. don't try putting 6V through small / cheap receiver's - its just asking for trouble.
(2) Test/experimental plane - built out of foam card. For the first flight we went for a hand launch - rolled straight in! Basically pillock error .. aerlons reversed. Moral of this story .. check and check again .. though the airframe took it really well and was repairable.
(3) Hanger9 Stick 60. First flight all going well - new irvine 72 up front and doing the biz. Then uncontrolled descent into a very muddy field. One examination, no elevator control - servo arm popped of due to lack of screw. Pillock error again. Moral - err check and check again, also take a spare pair of shoes with you when flying, had to drive home in socks as the shoes had about 6" of mud stuck on them.
(4) Cougar 2000. Pulled up with throttle up at same time. Plane stopped dead (my eyes didn't). Big bang and lots of fluttering bits of balsa and covering. Cougar heading down-wards, discovered it was controllable and managed to get it back on the strip. Virtually wrecked - engine held on buy control rod, fuz split pretty badly, all the ribs in one wing half cracked and shattered. Cause - mid-air collision. Must have pulled up right into the other guy - whose plane just disintegrated. Nothing much to recover really. Moral of this one - keep a better lookout.
(5) Another LimboDancer. Flying really well. A Friend comments on my flying skill and how I'm throwing it about to-day. Had to explain that despite appearances - I had very little control of the beast. Actually managed to land it (just). On examination, finally discovered that the aerial had snapped as it went into the receiver case!. Moral of this one - pillock error - always do a range check prior to first flight of the day (this was a trusted - well flown model; so I hand't bothered!
(6) Flair Harvard - a really nice little flyer - in the air it showed no vices. On landing I slowed it up a little too much and it flicked in from 10ft. Pillock error again. Gave the remains to a fellow flyer, who to his credit rebuilt it and had loads of fun. Then a couple of weeks ago, went dead stick, tried to stretch the landing a little too far and it flicked in again! Actually it went in to the same muddy field as in (3) and I thing the pilot also needed a spare pair of shoes after recovering the bits.
So to-date most of my crashes have been down to Pilock Error. By the way over in the UK a PILLOCK is a person who does idiotic and stupid things - in my case I'm a repeat pilock.
So as I'm bored, so here are a few of my own crash stories.
(1) Limbo dancer ARTF - flying quite nicely - then spins into the ground - totally destroyed. On examination the airborne radio was completely dead. Took the receiver apart (GWS - 8 CH D/C) and found that one of the chips had burnt out! Didn't actually catch fire or anything like that, just a smell of burnt chip and pcb. Moral of this story .. don't try putting 6V through small / cheap receiver's - its just asking for trouble.
(2) Test/experimental plane - built out of foam card. For the first flight we went for a hand launch - rolled straight in! Basically pillock error .. aerlons reversed. Moral of this story .. check and check again .. though the airframe took it really well and was repairable.
(3) Hanger9 Stick 60. First flight all going well - new irvine 72 up front and doing the biz. Then uncontrolled descent into a very muddy field. One examination, no elevator control - servo arm popped of due to lack of screw. Pillock error again. Moral - err check and check again, also take a spare pair of shoes with you when flying, had to drive home in socks as the shoes had about 6" of mud stuck on them.
(4) Cougar 2000. Pulled up with throttle up at same time. Plane stopped dead (my eyes didn't). Big bang and lots of fluttering bits of balsa and covering. Cougar heading down-wards, discovered it was controllable and managed to get it back on the strip. Virtually wrecked - engine held on buy control rod, fuz split pretty badly, all the ribs in one wing half cracked and shattered. Cause - mid-air collision. Must have pulled up right into the other guy - whose plane just disintegrated. Nothing much to recover really. Moral of this one - keep a better lookout.
(5) Another LimboDancer. Flying really well. A Friend comments on my flying skill and how I'm throwing it about to-day. Had to explain that despite appearances - I had very little control of the beast. Actually managed to land it (just). On examination, finally discovered that the aerial had snapped as it went into the receiver case!. Moral of this one - pillock error - always do a range check prior to first flight of the day (this was a trusted - well flown model; so I hand't bothered!
(6) Flair Harvard - a really nice little flyer - in the air it showed no vices. On landing I slowed it up a little too much and it flicked in from 10ft. Pillock error again. Gave the remains to a fellow flyer, who to his credit rebuilt it and had loads of fun. Then a couple of weeks ago, went dead stick, tried to stretch the landing a little too far and it flicked in again! Actually it went in to the same muddy field as in (3) and I thing the pilot also needed a spare pair of shoes after recovering the bits.
So to-date most of my crashes have been down to Pilock Error. By the way over in the UK a PILLOCK is a person who does idiotic and stupid things - in my case I'm a repeat pilock.
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LOL as soon as i seen the word "pillock" i thought to my self this guy is in the UK
i havent heard that in years (my dear old mom's favourite word lol)
sorry about ya crashs though
i havent heard that in years (my dear old mom's favourite word lol)
sorry about ya crashs though
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Its Thursday afternoon .. great weather ... bank holiday tomorrow and absolutely nothing happening at work today .. guess everybody else in the UK has taken to-day off.
. . . . . . and the weather forcast for the holiday weekend is awful!
Don't think I'm going to get the chance to crash, I will be indoors sheltering from the wind and rain (and snow!!).
. . . . . . and the weather forcast for the holiday weekend is awful!
Don't think I'm going to get the chance to crash, I will be indoors sheltering from the wind and rain (and snow!!).
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i hear ya slug, last few days have cooked me and thought i would have a bank holiday full of flying ... as u say looks like we got some real nasty weather heading our way
looks like we are grounded untill further notice here chaps oohh well
tally-ho
looks like we are grounded untill further notice here chaps oohh well
tally-ho
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have we really? im hoping to be out all day tomorrow, not bothered weekend coz theres some daft horse thing going on at the field amd we cant fly, but i've ben indoors past two days and i really wanted to ejoy the weather at the weeknd before summer ended