Elad,
well...hehe, let's just hope it doesn't get worse than that shall we.
I would REALLY love to know how it hit when it did hit the ground. The prop dug into the fuse side a bit and chipped it up. Very slight though. But I did notice that. Then the front wheel strut (typical tricycle trainer strut) was bent back 1" without breaking the nylon 'holder' and pulling any of the screws out. I epoxy'd that though if I recall. I fly gas, no need to build light I would still love to know what happened to the fin. The only thing I can think of is the shock from hitting obviously very nose hard, coupled with a twisting front wheel which is also connected to the same servo as the fin..could have caused it to rip out and break the balsa to the point where it was almost completely seperated from the fuse. The servo is acting great though, and no 'chatter'. All in all I guess I was lucky, but knowing my beautifully built model has a battle wound...pi**es me off. Imagine what the guys feel like who own $1000 setups! EEK. Another thing getting annoying are the battle wounds the wing is getting from landing in the tall grass. We are trying to keep our field clean but it is difficult as it is only myself and another cutting the grass at the moment. I was thinking of going flying tomorrow but may not as I won't have anyone there to bail me out. But the weather is going to get real ugly real quick with that hurricane coming up the coast line. Sure to produce strong day long winds till at least Monday, and being near the lakes will create lasting effects probably for another few days till the jetstream pushes it all back out. So I don't anticipate flying for another week plus!

WIll update..


S