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Old 08-14-2011 | 05:13 PM
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From: Sambach, AE, GERMANY
Default RE: Post-crash clean up

Well I tore it all down piece by piece and hosed it off real good. I did find some dirt down low but I was very careful to not turn it over while I took it apart. There does not seem to be any damage that I can see. I am very grateful that it landed in some very soft dirt because it hit HARD. I did indeed find some carb in the dirt on the front of the engine and it was still stuck WIDE OPEN!

On a side note, when I found the plane it was not 20 feet from interstate 40 that runs near our flying field. I freaked out when it crashed because I thought it went into the freeway and would cause an accident. I have no idea why it lost control still but I am not re-using any of the electronics on the new one. the only thing being reused is the engine.