ORIGINAL: Ryan Smith
ORIGINAL: apereira
In the WC at Muncie, I don't remember if it was form Belgium or Norway, but at the start of the first P round a pilot's plane bursted into flames (electric) and the aircraft was destroyed, someone actually had to dump an ice cooler inside the plane to try to estinguish the flames, worst part, he had only one airplane, he lost the entire WC, and the airplane, very sad.
That was Henning Jorkjend from Norway.
Yes, unfortunately it was my Aries that was destroyed by a Schulze 32.80KA which short-circuited at startup of my first round. The ESC had over 800 flights prior to the WC without any issues. It was probably one of the bullet connectors for the motor cables that got so worm it melted the soldering on the print board and slided into one of the other connectors. I had 10 practice flights the days before without issues.
I put out the flames myself by dumping the ice cooler into the plan. What I remember the best was those who shouted: «Just let it burn!»
The front of the plane was totally destroyed except for the Advance 30-10 motor which was repaired by Plettenberg for a symbolic price. The same motor has been used in my A-model, a Wind S Pro this season.
I started rebuilding the Aries some weeks ago. The terrible smell of burned electrics is gone. All the wood is build up and the nose cone is glued into place. I build the Aries from a kit so I just doing the same job for the second time. Naruke Hobby supplied new carbon parts so it not that big job to get it into the air again. It probably will be a of season practice plane for winter use.
I still have a Schulze 32.80 in my back up plane (the one I bought from you Ryan). In my A-model I fly with the Futaba 100A ESC.
At least I had a good time at the WC meeting a lot of friendly people.
Regards,
Henning