ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins  
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Tower Hobbies
Enter up to 4 keywords or Tower stock numbers
Logged in as Guest



Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
       


Miniature Aircraft USA Ion-X - RTF
Seller:  1surfer
Details:   $5,000.00   |  10/5/2008   |  Classified Ad
We will rotate YOUR AD in this spot if you select "Forum Featured" when placing or editing your ad!

All Forums >> RC Airplanes >> Crash & Rebuild >> ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins
Page: [1]

Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins - 7/1/2008 2:33:04 PM   
mschneider2005



Posts: 81
Joined: 9/1/2005
From: Matthews, NC, USA
Status: offline 		Jamie, a fellow member of our club had is beautiful Porter Pilatus out at our recent All Electric Fly-In. This airplane was scratch built using hand-drawn plans by Jamie himself.
On the second flight of the day, he had a mid-air just after take-off with a small Extra on a landing approach. Follow the link for a series of hi-res stills from the actual video footage.

http://albums.phanfare.com/4428883/2195569

< Message edited by mschneider2005 -- 7/1/2008 4:05:29 PM >

_____________________________

"The Mile High Club.. I''m not just a member, I the President"
       Post #: 1

RE: ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins - 7/1/2008 4:56:11 PM   
mjfrederick


 

Posts: 593
Joined: 8/18/2006
From: Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Status: offline 		My only question would be if he just took off, why is he going the opposite direction of another airplane on final? It's a shame because that Porter was a nice looking plane.

_____________________________

mjfrederick AMA 275874 NSRCA 4134
Maybe the Dingo ate your baby

(in reply to mschneider2005)
       Post #: 2

RE: ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins - 7/1/2008 4:58:05 PM   
fastmaxxcooper


 

Posts: 57
Joined: 1/18/2005
From: Voluntown, CT, USA
Status: offline 		wow thats some incredible timing to catch that with pretty good detail. stinks about that hand built plane being wrecked though.

_____________________________

too many to list.

(in reply to mschneider2005)
       Post #: 3

RE: ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins - 7/1/2008 8:17:56 PM   
mschneider2005



Posts: 81
Joined: 9/1/2005
From: Matthews, NC, USA
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: mjfrederick

My only question would be if he just took off, why is he going the opposite direction of another airplane on final? It's a shame because that Porter was a nice looking plane.


Well that is a good question. The answer is that we have two runways N-S and E-W

The smaller airplane was on final approach, landing on the N Runway from the S and the bigger airplane was taking off on the E Runway. They both had a quartering headwind, since the wind was blowing from the N-E direction. So I guess you could say both runways were active at the time.



_____________________________

"The Mile High Club.. I''m not just a member, I the President"

(in reply to mjfrederick)
       Post #: 4

RE: ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins - 7/1/2008 10:06:04 PM   
mjfrederick


 

Posts: 593
Joined: 8/18/2006
From: Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Status: offline 		What a shame... Did the CD notify pilots that there would be 2 active runways? Was there any coordination between flight lines? I'm just curious. I like to get to the root of problems like this. Makes it easier to keep em from happening to me.

_____________________________

mjfrederick AMA 275874 NSRCA 4134
Maybe the Dingo ate your baby

(in reply to mschneider2005)
       Post #: 5

RE: ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins - 7/3/2008 8:10:02 PM   
F-15 Fan


 

Posts: 326
Joined: 10/25/2007
From: Charlotte, NC, USA
Status: offline 		I was there, all I saw were the two planes hitting the ground. There were alot of crashes that day, I lost 1 plane and damaged my helicopter.

I loved that Porter though, I wish it didn't happen.


_____________________________

Planes: Hangar 9 Pulse XT 40, Parkzone Spitfire, Hobbico Twinstar

(in reply to mjfrederick)
       Post #: 6

Page:   [1]
All Forums >> RC Airplanes >> Crash & Rebuild >> ARF v. Scratch built! Nobody wins
Page: [1]





Jump to:


Google 



Search | Marketplace | Event Calendar | Local Clubs | Magazine | Product Ratings | New Products | Discussion Forums

Photo Gallery | Member Video Posts | RCU Video Gallery | Instructor Search | Field|Track|Marina Search

Advertisers | Hobby Vendor Resources | Rate Manufacturers | Sign In/Sign Up

SITE MAP!   : :   FORUM RULES

© 2001 - 2007 24-7 RC, LLC, all rights reserved.

Charities we support that also need your help
Yorkie Rescue | Humane Society | ASPCA | Crohn's-Colitis America

Kaango.com Classifieds

0.641RCU1