Yikes.... well today the Trainer nosed in bad. Not much left but splinters.

Went up to the field by myself (a first) and was so excited to do it alone and first flight was sensational except i heard some fluttering and when i brought it to the pits i noticed that out of 6 elevator hinges 5 were broken ... have no idea how it stayed up there so well? After a little ca and tape... i took it up again and seemed fine. Had to re-trim it and as i was making final approach for landing, the radio or something just stopped working... i honestly have no clue? All controls stopped. Engine was running fine. But about 30-40 feet up it wouldn't pull out of the turn and just augered its way straight into the ground. Was kind of anti-climatic, a big thud.

Picked up the pieces and thought maybe my receiver batter had died for some strange reason but it had over 5volts... i tried all the servos and they worked... receiver was working. I have absolutely no idea and that's a pisser. There were some occational gusts blowing in different directions and i'm just wondering if for some reason a wind blew with the plane fast enough to stall it? I am shaking my head cause i really have no clue. Interference maybe??? Should i only buy a pcm receiver from now on?

Anyway. I'm getting another trainer at Tower tonight and give another go at it. So far i've had nothing but really rotten luck - non-running engines w/ mysterious stops, stupid mistakes, like not pulling out the antenna - Doh! and flying out of range. And now this....

These planes are sorta like women... you sure do put a lot into for what you get back... but man is it worth it!