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How long was it before you crashed for the first time?
On my first solo flight!
  21% (156)
Within the first 5 flights.
  17% (131)
Within the first month of flying.
  12% (93)
Within the first flying season.
  13% (101)
Within the first year.
  12% (94)
Between years 1 and 3.
  10% (76)
Between years 4 and 10.
  1% (14)
Crash? Me? Not yet. (Knock on balsa.)
  9% (69)


Total Votes : 734
(last vote on : 9/28/2008 6:59:23 PM)
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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first time? - 3/4/2005 7:17:49 PM   
windridr


 

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first ... - 3/4/2005 9:58:23 PM   
RC-Captain



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Status: offline 		Electric- first flight -kyosho hyper fly then megatech skyliner

Glow- after 10 flights- megatech skyliner (glow) -hit tree not enough field but enough guts

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first ... - 3/7/2005 6:15:41 PM   
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From: Galloway, NJ, USA
Status: online 		I guess it all depends on what you call a crash.

I was landing my Tiger 60 one afternoon, ended up in the tall grass rather than on the runway centerline. I lost perspective and was focusing on the landing but never realized where the stupid thing was. I realized that I really never glued the horizontal stab on right, there was virutally no glue under there so the tail just fell off. I reglued it, lots of epoxy this time, and had it up the next day.

I also managed to land my trainer, NexSTAR ok, but the landing roll ended up, again, in the tall grass. It abruptly stopped and pushed the left side landing gear right back to the rear former. A little fiberglass and epoxy fixed that and I was again up and flying the next day.

Broke several props with hard landings, bent some landing gear, bent nose gear particularly, especially on the trainer while.... yep, you guessed it, training.. but nothing that actually broke the airplane.

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 10/5/2005 3:42:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		i just crashed today(10/4/05) at 5:00 in the evening. inverted pass 4 ft up whent to push out, caught a wind shear it rolled the wing whick caught the ground and rotated me into the groung at about 55 MPH. hit the dirt, broke the fuse in half just dinged the wing but managed to knock 2 fins off of the engine (not even mine. another guy was letting me fly his while mine was in for repair). plane was (is no longer) a 4* 60 with os 91 four stroke (used to be a saito 100). It sucks. but i just turned around said "game over!!" and started on the walk of shame. i will probably start a thread with pictures if you are interested.

Brian


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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 10/5/2005 3:47:16 AM   
RC-Captain



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Status: offline 		electric : hyperfly, first day.

glow: hobico nextstar, 5 months.

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 10/5/2005 4:45:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		MAN!!! those poll results arent what i thought they would be. there are some heavy numbers in each of the first five only to have first solo to pull away. but i wasnt expecting the closeness of the rest of them

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first time? - 10/15/2005 9:45:14 AM   
ALANXP


 

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Status: offline 		I Crash my trainer on sunday. my aircraft stalled http://www.freewebs.com/alanxp2004/IMG_1945.JPG

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first time? - 3/19/2006 6:52:55 PM   
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From: Slidell, LA, USA
Status: offline 		I crashed on first flight because I had no instruction. I was in South East Asia 1970 and the only American with any type of r/c. I used a Free Flight bird for first r/c and tried to control it. Eventually I did fly and gave the bird away after solo, but I recommend everyone use an instructior.. Which I now am.. Jim

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 3/19/2006 11:10:49 PM   
Darkbird



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From: Jackson, MI, USA
Status: offline 		there's no button for five seconds!! old airtronics eclipse glider. first test glide to check cg. also was first time ever operating any rc vehicle that was meant to leave the ground for extended periods. glided right into a pile of cut brush. only had to re- cover the bottom center section of the wing. BTW, I don't consider it a crash unless the plane needs to go home for repairs. if it can be fixed at the field yhen you just had a hard landing.

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 2/3/2008 3:40:36 PM   
mkharte


 

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Status: offline 		I had a COX S-TEE. This was back in 1978. It had a .049 with no throttle, just elevator and rudder. It flew OK but I thought it needed to go faster. I put a .09 on the nose (still no throttle). It took off like a bat out of heck and did a beautiful vertical. I lost site, control, and situational awareness with-in the first 2 minutes of the flight. Next thing I knew it was a bag of balsa and parts spread across a 50 yard patch of ground. Never did rebuild but have never again had a plane with no throttle. I also learned that more power is not always the right choice. LOL (Well sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 2/9/2008 11:08:23 AM   
mboland



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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 2/10/2008 2:21:40 AM   
kbear



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From: Denton, TX, USA
Status: offline 		If you want any real damage then 2nd flight first dead stick took the gear off. If you want destroyed need a new plane, flight 25 inverted and pulled instead of pushing for a loop. WOT straight in, never did find the carb. I put within 5 flights on the poll.

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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 2/10/2008 3:00:44 AM   
F-15 Fan


 

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Status: offline 		I crashed today, lost the wing and foward fuselage, got pics of the wreck, still haven't found the wing.


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RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first t... - 2/17/2008 7:05:00 AM   
dashunde


 

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