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Wingless Kadet Sr.! - 8/11/2003 9:17:37 PM   
Jim Elliott


 

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Status: offline 		Experienced rc pilots please give me your opinion.. Was flying my Sig Kadet Sr. clipped wing and after several great flights,the wing just came off in mid-air! Of course the wing fluttered harmlessley to the ground but of course the fuselage was totaled. Only theory I've got is that the dowells pulled right out of the fuselage. I had plenty of rubber bands on the wing. This was a kit built plane and not an ARF.. Ideas?

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Wingless Kadet Sr.! - 8/11/2003 11:17:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		maybe the rubber bands were old and perished. were you doing aerobatics?


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Wingless Kadet Sr.! - 8/12/2003 1:22:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Actually the rubber bands were brand new. I had done a few wingovers and a couple of loops, but surely the old bird could handle that .. Anyway I've ordered a new one. I really like the airpland. Maybe that was just a fluke. thanks for input.. Jim

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Wingless Kadet Sr.! - 8/12/2003 5:53:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		How many rubber bands were you using, and how were they arranged on the wing?

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Wingless Kadet Sr.! - 8/12/2003 6:12:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		Or was rubber bands holding dowels to wing, easy diagnosis, nothing attached to wing band failer, same old song.

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Wingless Kadet Sr.! - 8/12/2003 9:22:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Theres not much holding the front dowel on a kadet. If you were putting it thru the paces you probably broke it out of the airframe. Next one beef it up more.
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Wingless Kadet Sr.! - 8/12/2003 8:57:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks a lot for the input.. especially the advice about beefing up more where the dowels go in. No doubt in my mind after thinking about it that the dowel either front or back ripped right out.. thanks, Jim

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