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Old 03-14-2012 | 06:27 AM
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acdii
 
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Landing with the setting sun directly in the line of sight of the final, is not a good thing. Thank the lords for Gorilla glue. The Apprentice is a Good plane, but it does not like rough grass strips. The landing was slightly skewed due to crosswinds, and I overcorrected, stalling the wing and cracked the tail section of the fuse. This was my 5th flight of the night, up til then my landings were pretty darn good too, nice 3 point rolling landings, much better than the first one that was basically a touch, bump and dump. The ground is lumpy from the winter, and the nose wheel tends to catch them and cause the plane to nose over. I found a nice section that is still fairly smooth and hit it 3 times in a row. I was aiming for this spot on the last flight, but I was partially blinded and couldnt judge the hieght, came in too low and when I noticed I pulled back a bit, the wind caught it, I tried to correct and dumped it on its tail, catching the left stab tip that came to me as a loud SNAP. A squirt of GG, some tape, and she should be ready to fly again.