t-28 crash pic......!
03-18-2008, 12:13 PM
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hello friends! a couple of you guys posted nose damage crash pics on my "help removing cowl" thread a while back. i mentioned that the nose on my plane did not look like that, YET. well, YET was TODAY! it was a bit windy this morning, but i took a couple of planes out anyways (bad move). this damage occured from a nose wheel landing, that wasn't really that hard. oh well! off to mix up some epoxy, got pretty good with that stuff while repairing my supercub................
03-18-2008, 02:11 PM
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
the props are strong! my last "incident" was a nose dive into the ground (just cracked the cowl on that one!). the prop was in perfect shape, even though it hit hard (there was red paint on the back of it from the front edge of the cowl, so it hit hard enough that the prop blades flexed reaward and hit the cowl). i did chew one up trying to t.o on a bumpy grass field.......my fault (as usual).....one of the landing gear was bent, so it wouldn't roll and it kept nosing over and chewing up the grass mounds). i kept that one as a spare, it's still usable!
03-18-2008, 02:12 PM
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
That SUCKS. Maybe a little epoxy will fix it. I love my Trojan. Also, is that a ParkZone J-3 in the background?
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
ps..........got her drying now, used lots of epoxy. slight damage to the engine mount.....i did my best but the motor is hanging a bit more than usual......hope i can fix that with some nose-down trim.....if it's even noticeable when i get this thing back in the air.
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
i should have it back in the air tomorrow.........yes, it's a pz cub bl brushless.....that one came home today intact! i am also just finishing an eflite p-47...it's all done, just need to install the electronics when my order gets here on thursday. a little scared to fly that one, now![:-] here's a pic of the other work in progress............
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
here's a pic of the pz cub bl. i am running mine stock, as delivered (brushless motor, 8.4 v. lipos, two sub-micro servos, etc). not sure about the weight and what you are planning, that might be worth another post! there are a bunch of guys on the forum flying them, i got some great help here when i needed to repair mine (smashed tail.....still need to get some of the decals off the old one and transfer them to the new tail).
03-20-2008, 07:26 AM
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this came from parkzone as an rtf.............everything was included in the box. the electronics are all standard/stock parkzone.........with installed brushless motor and set up to run on lipos. hope this helps, i think you might have something else in mind?
03-20-2008, 10:20 AM
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
wow...my T-28 broke at the same point yours did! I was flying and all of a sudden it started a spiraling nose dive from hell, I had absolutely no control over it. I felt so helpless watching it plummet to its death. I know I didn't run out of range and I'm not using the buggy RTF RX and TX, oh well. Damage wasn't too bad, I thought the motor would've been done for since the prop and spinner took such a beating, but it still spins up perfectly through all RPM. One of the landing gear on the wings came off too. Either way, I whipped up some epoxy and shes back together again About your broken motor mount, just pick up a new one seeing as how they're only $3 [sm=wink_smile.gif]
About your broken motor mount, just pick up a new one seeing as how they're only $3 [sm=wink_smile.gif]
03-20-2008, 02:39 PM
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Sweet Cub, your Trojan looks fixed up well. I want to take a poll on what you guys think ParkZone's next airplane will be. I love parkzone
03-20-2008, 04:11 PM
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
Rob,
That looks like my friend's T-28 after his series of mishaps. If it makes you feel better my P-51 was in many more pieces when it "found the ground." Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me and I have already stripped everything useful and tossed what was left.
That looks like my friend's T-28 after his series of mishaps. If it makes you feel better my P-51 was in many more pieces when it "found the ground." Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me and I have already stripped everything useful and tossed what was left.
03-20-2008, 06:41 PM
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I do not know if this has happen to anyone else
I finally got my T 28 monday had her together in no time did pre flight ck no problem
go to maiden start to take off pilot go joe man hits the eject button canopy flys off pilotless T 28 5 feet of the ground ( darn chicken) up to fifty feet up I want to get it down
BLUNDER ALERT!! going slow right turn starts to flat spin [
] let off sticks hit power pulling out lawn dart wing came off [X(]
good news glued wing mount back on good as new
where can I find a good pilot? he he he
should I tape the canopy??
thanks all
I finally got my T 28 monday had her together in no time did pre flight ck no problem
go to maiden start to take off pilot go joe man hits the eject button canopy flys off pilotless T 28 5 feet of the ground ( darn chicken) up to fifty feet up I want to get it down
BLUNDER ALERT!! going slow right turn starts to flat spin [
] let off sticks hit power pulling out lawn dart wing came off [X(]good news glued wing mount back on good as new
where can I find a good pilot? he he he
should I tape the canopy??
thanks all
03-20-2008, 07:26 PM
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
wow, it looks like we have the makings of a "crash club!" i have four models right now, but should have about seven if you count up all of the parts i have replaced and thrown out. thankfully i learned about epoxy on this forum! will order that motor mount, thanks jdm......i too have popped the wing off my t-28.....sounds like a few of us have done that........!
03-21-2008, 12:53 PM
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
During my maiden I had the same problem, within a minute the pilot ejected too 
The problem was that I didnt have the battery pack inserted far enough into the fueslage, so the rear magnet of the canopy wasn't attaching properly to the other magnet on the fuse.
You might wanna check and see if you're having the same problem. You really have to have the battery all the way forward or the canopy won't seat right onto the fuse.
The problem was that I didnt have the battery pack inserted far enough into the fueslage, so the rear magnet of the canopy wasn't attaching properly to the other magnet on the fuse.
You might wanna check and see if you're having the same problem. You really have to have the battery all the way forward or the canopy won't seat right onto the fuse.
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I do not know if this has happen to anyone else
I finally got my T 28 monday had her together in no time did pre flight ck no problem
go to maiden start to take off pilot go joe man hits the eject button canopy flys off pilotless T 28 5 feet of the ground ( darn chicken) up to fifty feet up I want to get it down
BLUNDER ALERT!! going slow right turn starts to flat spin [] let off sticks hit power pulling out lawn dart wing came off [X(]
good news glued wing mount back on good as new
where can I find a good pilot? he he he
should I tape the canopy??
thanks all
I do not know if this has happen to anyone else
I finally got my T 28 monday had her together in no time did pre flight ck no problem
go to maiden start to take off pilot go joe man hits the eject button canopy flys off pilotless T 28 5 feet of the ground ( darn chicken) up to fifty feet up I want to get it down
BLUNDER ALERT!! going slow right turn starts to flat spin [
] let off sticks hit power pulling out lawn dart wing came off [X(]good news glued wing mount back on good as new
where can I find a good pilot? he he he
should I tape the canopy??
thanks all
03-21-2008, 01:01 PM
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
Oh yeah...I almost forgot.
Yesterday I was flying at the park with my buddy and his neighbor which is a very seasoned veteran when it comes to RC flying.
He was asking how low of an inverted pass I could make...bad idea.
I did great at first, I was about 4-5 feet off the deck and then as I decided to pull up out of it, I dumb thumbed it and turned my inverted T-28 into a full speed lawn dart!
The damage...annihilated the fuse, its not just broken, the foam actually compressed so its a smushed up heap of junk now.
The motor mount of course didn't make it, I figured as much though.
Everything else is still good though. I decided to just start fresh with a new fuse since I won't be making low inverted passes anymore [sm=tongue_smile.gif] The guy at my LHS hooked me up with a new fuse and motor mount for $30 out the door. So now its time to rebuild the Trojan!!!
Yesterday I was flying at the park with my buddy and his neighbor which is a very seasoned veteran when it comes to RC flying.
He was asking how low of an inverted pass I could make...bad idea.
I did great at first, I was about 4-5 feet off the deck and then as I decided to pull up out of it, I dumb thumbed it and turned my inverted T-28 into a full speed lawn dart!
The damage...annihilated the fuse, its not just broken, the foam actually compressed so its a smushed up heap of junk now.
The motor mount of course didn't make it, I figured as much though.
Everything else is still good though. I decided to just start fresh with a new fuse since I won't be making low inverted passes anymore [sm=tongue_smile.gif] The guy at my LHS hooked me up with a new fuse and motor mount for $30 out the door. So now its time to rebuild the Trojan!!!
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RE: t-28 crash pic......!
wow, i too did the "dumb thumb" thing before.......yes, they do fly right into the ground pretty well! i had to learn that if the model was turned even a bit past vertical, and you pull "up" stick, they go strait down. i learned the hard way to level the wings first in this situation. i have a new fuse and mount on the way.......mine is carrying more epoxy then foam!
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JMD thanks I used the battery out of my typhoon 2 seems bigger than other I think that was the problem
sorry to hear about the crash ,glad to hear your going to rebuild
was it a good idea for me to glue the front wing support to the fuse??
windy and calling for snow ,but glad ready for 2nd flight (may need skis)
sorry to hear about the crash ,glad to hear your going to rebuild
was it a good idea for me to glue the front wing support to the fuse??
windy and calling for snow ,but glad ready for 2nd flight (may need skis)
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Oh yeah...I almost forgot.
Yesterday I was flying at the park with my buddy and his neighbor which is a very seasoned veteran when it comes to RC flying.
He was asking how low of an inverted pass I could make...bad idea.
I did great at first, I was about 4-5 feet off the deck and then as I decided to pull up out of it, I dumb thumbed it and turned my inverted T-28 into a full speed lawn dart!
The damage...annihilated the fuse, its not just broken, the foam actually compressed so its a smushed up heap of junk now.
The motor mount of course didn't make it, I figured as much though.
Everything else is still good though. I decided to just start fresh with a new fuse since I won't be making low inverted passes anymore [sm=tongue_smile.gif] The guy at my LHS hooked me up with a new fuse and motor mount for $30 out the door. So now its time to rebuild the Trojan!!!
Oh yeah...I almost forgot.
Yesterday I was flying at the park with my buddy and his neighbor which is a very seasoned veteran when it comes to RC flying.
He was asking how low of an inverted pass I could make...bad idea.
I did great at first, I was about 4-5 feet off the deck and then as I decided to pull up out of it, I dumb thumbed it and turned my inverted T-28 into a full speed lawn dart!
The damage...annihilated the fuse, its not just broken, the foam actually compressed so its a smushed up heap of junk now.
The motor mount of course didn't make it, I figured as much though.
Everything else is still good though. I decided to just start fresh with a new fuse since I won't be making low inverted passes anymore [sm=tongue_smile.gif] The guy at my LHS hooked me up with a new fuse and motor mount for $30 out the door. So now its time to rebuild the Trojan!!!
, haha, your goin to do more invert passes, trust me, haha, do it in sims, hard, but DARN FUN, I gota pratice more
03-27-2008, 11:37 AM
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Flying inverted is no problem for me....its just when you get close to the deck it at high speeds sometimes you forget =P
Calvino...you flying your SS inverted now?!
Calvino...you flying your SS inverted now?!
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Another hint to make the epoxy easier to work with:
Add microballoons to the epoxy, and mix them with 30- or 60-minute epoxy until the mixture is the consistency of peanut butter. It doesn't drip, it spreads well, and it is sandable! I learned this after ripping the cowl off my airplane.
Add microballoons to the epoxy, and mix them with 30- or 60-minute epoxy until the mixture is the consistency of peanut butter. It doesn't drip, it spreads well, and it is sandable! I learned this after ripping the cowl off my airplane.
