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Crashes do not phase me anymore - 9/1/2002 7:45:05 PM   
radfly



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Joined: 5/5/2002
From: Florence, SC
Status: offline 		I got tired of grieving over smashed planes. After the fourth one, a Zen 90, I just accept it as a fact of life.

All of my crashes have been due to pilot error, I am glad to admit. I hate it when the guys at the field try to blame the equipment first.

Lets see, I planted my Tracer 40 during one of my first low level inverted fly-by's.

Then, my Uproar when I lost the engine and mis-guessed it's glide slope, stalling at 10 ft off the deck.

Then, the Tracer again, when the engine died on take-off, 10 feet off the deck. Tried like a dummy to do a 180 back, didn't make it.

And, the Zen, after a near perfect run of the Sportsman schedule, I was bringing her in on final an a tree jumped in the way. Guess I need to a actually pay attention to trees, and make my landing pattern a bit tighter.

All this in just over a year of flying! During this same year, my field has had 29 crashes between 7 flyers. So, statistically, I am doing good.

I think each crash is a good learning experience, or can be, if you do not blame it on equipment. Out of all those crashes, one had been determined to be an equipment issue, when a gents receiver crystal was apparently loose and decided to fall out in flight.

Yea, engines die due to mis-adjustments, stuck klunks, overheat, etc. But, that does not crash the plane, the pilot does.

Testing High Rates for the first time while flying over trees takes them out quick too.

Putting on your transmitter strap and hitting the throttle lever will too, especially if you started your plane when it was aimed at your flight box.

Had a student take off for the first time, and he actually did it well! But, once in the air, he would turn opposite direction the instructor told him to. His ailerons were reversed, so was his rudder. I still do not understand how a reverse becomes an in-flight issue; your supposed to check that stuff on the ground, or better yet, on the work bench.

Now, if it would just stop raining I would go out and try to practice 'not-crashing'. After 9 full days of rain, I am sufforing R/C withdrawals.

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Can we change the subject?? - 9/1/2002 8:17:20 PM   
Lowrider


 

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Joined: 2/13/2002
From: Minnesota North Country
Status: offline 		I really don't like talking about my crashes but there is that time right after a crash when you walk to the crash sight and all your buddies are trying to console you and make you feel better. At our field we call it the "Walk of Shame". Anyway I always thought these moments are when our hobby means more than just flying a engine bolted to some sticks around the sky.

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crashing - 9/1/2002 10:31:54 PM   
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Posts: 103
Joined: 1/17/2002
From: Elk Rapids, MI
Status: offline 		Let's see......there have been soooo many. Probably the one that affected me the most was my uproar. It was way beyond my capabilities at the time, not to mention improperly balanced. On it's first flight I made it 1/2 circut before re-kitting it. I proceeded to re-construct it and try again. The second first flight was nearly an exact duplicate of the first. It broke into quite a few pieces. I was so pissed off that I threw it in the garbage can and then jumped up and down on it. A few years later my (then) fiance got me a GP Dazzler for Christmas and I've flown the snot out of it. Now when I crash, I just figure it's part of the hobby and I will eventually rebuild it.

Oh yeah....I have pics of the uproar before and after it's second first flight on my webpage.[URL=http://www.traverse.net/members/acjoseph]Click here for my web page[/URL]

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 9/1/2002 11:46:10 PM   
A4HawkPilot



Posts: 167
Joined: 4/4/2002
From: Fort Rucker, AL, USA
Status: offline 		Taught myself how to fly with an avistar. First flight- Takeoff, turn, crash. Rebuilt it. Second flight- takeoff, turn, turn, crash. Rebuilt it. Third flight- Takeoff, was able to keep it in the air but now I gotta land! Turned onto final, crash. Rebuilt it. Fourth flight- Takeoff, turn, turn, turn, then it blew apart because it was reglued in so many places it was basically just a flying glue ball. And thats how it started. It eventually took me 2 more airplanes to get the landing down. I've crashed my fair share of planes, and each time it was hard to start flying again. These days I haven't crashed a plane in more then a year and a half and I fly at least 2 times a week. Last 2 times I crashed was being shot down by some moron turning their radio on. First it was a built dazzler then I built the uproar and shot down again! Now that I'm racing I'm just waiting for a good one with the camera handy. I always hated the "what happened?" guys at the field. What does it look like happened. It crashed! Everybody is a budding crash investigator.

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 9/13/2002 3:23:56 AM   
2fast4u



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Joined: 3/2/2002
From: LITTLE ROCK, AR, USA
Status: offline 		I soloed on my third flight, flew my trainer for 13 months without a scratch. One day my girlfriend (now wife) wanted to fly. She did real well too. Made the pattern several times. She wanted to do a loop, so I told her how. She did a great job! At the bottom of the second loop, the wing folded!! She started screaming "Do something, Do somethig", so I reached over and cut the throttle. I said watch, it's gonna be a good one. I laughed about it and still do 15 years later, she still says it was "MY" fault. Go figure.


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Your First "tragic Loss" - 9/13/2002 8:05:49 AM   
raineman



Posts: 112
Joined: 4/15/2002
From: Westlake Village, CA, USA
Status: offline 		"Must of been some radio interference." Yeah right!

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 9/13/2002 7:08:23 PM   
tmproff



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Joined: 4/8/2002
From: Humble, TX, USA
Status: offline 		Great story 2fast4u I used to have a dura plane, and the wings folded, but the plane was still able to fly! Probably even more stable than it was before. Funniest looking plane I've ever seen.

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 9/21/2002 6:30:54 AM   
Dago Red



Posts: 2857
Joined: 8/14/2002
From: Elmendorf, AK, USA
Status: offline 		during training, 2nd day out in training, We lost control of my trainer. It made its way down in a fast spiral, not a flat spin. It hadnt rained for along time. The plane hit about 1/4 mile away. and we saw the dust fly. On my way out, i was 15, I was crying on and off. when we were looking for parts Dad yelled at me and I started to cry again, he yelled because I was young and dumb. Im 17 now and when I lose my plane, In my head $@*!, @##, @%$#. and you all know how it goes. But out loud I go crap. Put my radio down and go find my plane. I dont cry now, Im more peed off than anything. lol. the parts were spread out in a 20 foot radius.

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 9/21/2002 5:59:17 PM   
sfaust



Posts: 1800
Joined: 9/6/2002
From: Boston, MA, USA
Status: offline 		While I put in a few over the years, the first one that stung was my 40% Giles 300. I had just arrived the day before a 3 event was to start. I was putting in some practice that evening. It was overcast, late in the evening, and starting to get dark. Stupid me, I was practicing knife edge spins. Dark grey skies, silouette in the sky, and I was getting blown further away due to the wind. After the third spin, I went to recover but had lost orientation for just a second. But it was long enough while heading straight down to really bring down my altitude. The distraction caused me to forget to turn off the 3D rates. When I receovered, it stalled. I realized what had happened, and did a second receovery with less stick movement on the elevator. I probably recovered about 10' off the deck and was gaining altitude, but the trees were just that much taller. I rifled it through a stand of trees. Ouch.

The reason it stung so bad? The next week, a few of us were going to be flying with Jason Shluman for about 5 days. He was gong to be help us with 3D maneuvers, plane setup, etc. Right after that was one of my favorite events. This was the plane I was going to be flying with Jason, and in both events. These are yearly events, and the opportunity to fly with Jason doesn't come along every day.

While I still managed to spend the week flying with Jason, I had to use a brand new, 1 flight on it, 33% Edge 540T instead. We spent most of the time setting up the airplane, rather than flying 3D. Oh well.....

Here is a photo of how it looked in the trailer :-(

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Crashes - 9/30/2002 9:53:22 PM   
CrispyCritter



Posts: 57
Joined: 2/17/2002
From: Lincoln, NE, USA
Status: offline 		When I started in RC, the guy who helped me gave me a magazine article to read that basically said, "You WILL crash" so don't get to upset when you do. I have destroyed a couple of planes but it was usually "Oh Well, build another one. If there was one that was worse than others, it was probably when I built a GeeBee from Adrian Page plans (.20 size) and it crashed on its first flight. Elevator servo came loose inside (builder error) and it went straight in. You could not have flown it in any straighter than it went in on its own. Still love the hobby though.

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 10/2/2002 8:16:00 AM   
skipper-RCU


 

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Joined: 10/2/2002
Status: offline 		well ........Im just getting in to flying and I hope I like it but when I have my first crash I will post it.

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 10/2/2002 8:19:37 AM   
Dago Red



Posts: 2857
Joined: 8/14/2002
From: Elmendorf, AK, USA
Status: offline 		lets not think about a crash.

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Crashes - 10/2/2002 8:28:50 AM   
georgiavfr800-RCU



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Joined: 9/20/2002
From: Atlanta, Georgia
Status: offline 		Met a New friend today at the local club and he lost his Bud Nosen (102" wingspan) P-51 mustang w/9hp gas engine today. It hurt me even though it wasn't even my plane. It was beautifully painted and he was gonna show it in two weeks (102" wingspan). He took off made one pass and on the second pass down the field the engine sounded real strange. He got no response from any surfaces and it acted like the reciever just went dead. She glided down in the middle of one of the worst briar patches I've ever seen. It took 30 minutes just to cut through the thorns to reach it. The 4" dead pine the plane went through was what ripped her apart (It cut down the tree, DANG !!) I can still see it going in now and still my heart drops. To see something that big and pretty go down would disturb anyone. :disappoin

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Your First "tragic Loss" - 10/3/2002 6:42:13 AM   
Silvanskii



Posts: 780
Joined: 8/23/2002
From: Piqua, OH, USA
Status: offline 		Well skipper good luck to ya! Although I did want to mention something here;

YOU
WILL
CRASH!

Like it or not it will happen. And it's not entirely bad, you get to know your airplane better and you get necessary building and repairing skills.

Usually when I crash I feel pretty sad, although its not something I