Here is the result of poor pre-flight. In my eagerness to fly I failed to make sure that my battery pack was properly secured after placing a fresh pack in the night before. Well about 5 min into some of my most daring aerobatics, a rolling climb into a hammerhead stall the pack became disconnected and the plane went into a full throttle corkscrew into the ground from about 200-300 ft. I had no control of course and no battery = no fail safe. They need to invent an anti-dumb a$$ accessory! Anyway Just an expensive lesson in double checking everything even if you half to take your wings off to do it!! Also the last pick is with the new aluminum 2 3/4 in spinner I had put on the day before as well. It is in the resulting hole.
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They need to invent an anti-dumb a$$ accessory!
Thay have! It's just like the carburetors they invented that will let a car get 100 miles per gallon that the oil companies are paying to keep off the market so we have to buy more gas. The R/C airplane builders are paying to keep the "ADA device" off the market so we have to buy more planes
Sorry to se a nice plane like that get totaled. I'm a advocate of rebuilding but I think you may very well be at the point there where a new airframe is in order... not that it can't be rebuilt... Just would not be worth it to me anyway.
Your probably right. Maybe some day. Until the hopefully someone can learn from my mistake instead of having the same thing happen. I only had 4 or 5 flights on it. We had clocked it with the radar gun at 75mph straight and level. I am guessing it had to of hit at over 80 mph. The only way to rebuild her would have been about 2 gallons of epoxy and then a much larger engine to pull the extra weight.
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Very,very cold man.
But true.
Sorry about the loss especially so early in it's existence.
Have to agree with the no-rebuild opinion. That plane is nice and light in it's original condition. Chalk it up to experience and order a new one ( along with the connector locks )
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Your right about the connector locks . I was just too eager to get the plane in the air. I am not going to be getting another one due to the fact that the engine did not fair to well. I triple check everything now!
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One of the guys at our club was flying last year, was about 150 feet up and went inverted. All of a sudden his canope fell off and the battery pack tumbled down to the ground. We all saw it happen, all of it, and in slow motion. Bruce was not a happy camper with that one.
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I can beat the Tower device. Its called fishing line. Just tie it around the connectors. 10 yards of cheap 5 lb test Wal-Mart brand will last a lifetime. Sorry to see the demise of your plane
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I got a whole drawer full of the little yellow things. Hope they are made in the U.S.A. for the $$$ I have in them. They work great, I've used them for years.
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H-9 P-40 and all my planes that require servo extensions about a 1 1/2" strip of tape it will never come loose,as for batterys I pad mine and use either,rubber bands, zip ties, or some velcrostrap what ever fits the paticular model ya don't want that flapping around the fuse. another shot of my H-9 P-51 and the forward battery,and reciever tray I made for just the reason stated to keep it secure and in its place
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. I was just too eager to get the plane in the air. I am not going to be getting another one due to the fact that the engine did not fair to well. I triple check everything now!
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