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Old 06-04-2012 | 02:05 PM
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Nitrovein
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Hi there again, I thought I should make an update for you.

First flight attempt was about two weeks ago, that didn’t go so well. Hit something with my landing gear on takeoff and the plane turned in to some bushes. That went rather well under the circumstances, only the prop broke and I striped out the screws holding the landing gear.
So, I fixed the landing gear and changed out the prop and waited for some better weather.
This evening I thought I had waited enough, so out I went again.
This time the takeoff went well and I got to enjoy the plane in its natural habitat, but that didn’t last very long… I was flying in a slight angle towards me when I realized that I was going to get the evening sun right in my eyes. So I started to make a left turn banking hard, that’s when I realized I had a barn coming up quickly. So I hit down elevator as the plane was then in a knife edge left turn, which gave me a clear path by the other side of that barn. But then the next obstacle came up so I kept rolling over to get the plane inverted and then I just had to give it some more down elevator to do an inverted climb out. At that point something happened, not sure what, might have been too little throttle. But it drifted out of my sight and in behind some trees. Then I just gave it full up elevator and killed the throttle while I waited for a crunchy sound. [:@]

This time only the landing gear gave in, prop made it and no other scratches or dents on the plane. [X(]
Two crashes for one flight might be a new record!


Here´s a short clip of the actual flight, not the best as I just put my cellphone on top of the roof of my car so the actual takeoff is not seen. https://vimeo.com/43410342

Thank you all again for the time taken to help me out!

Next time I will have a better landing gear and plan my flight a little better...