ORIGINAL: DiscoWings
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ORIGINAL: bidrseed2
By any chance cloned by FEJ?
C'mon, 21 posts and nobody said it, I'm surprised at all of you!
I was just thinking the same thing ...
A mid-air all by itself!!
So let me write this ... It did break apart just like an FEJ jet.
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It Broke just like a real BVM Jet:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cUXf4HZdR8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgQQiyWmLH4[/youtube]
in fact I don't think I have seen a Fly Eagle break this way, although there quality issues are WELL Documented.
I think in the end this is just what happens when you stress airframes too much, granted its less likely to happen with a high quality mfg, it does not it mean its immune.
To Set The Record Straight
A simple but necessary correction:
In order to clarify any misconceptions caused by an earlier post, here is the truth:
At the Joe Nall event in 2010, the BVM Electra ARF shown in the video did indeed suffer an in flight structural failure.
BVM addressed the failure immediately, and developed and offered a strengthening kit for earlier airframes as an addendum:
http://www.bvmjets.com/Pages/kits/el...al_failure.htm
The Electra ARF has since undergone a redesign of the wing "carry through structure", and will not fail when powered by a 10S or 12S fan.
The following link is from the BVM report from E-Jets International 2011, one year later.
Be sure to scroll down to see the speed that were attained by Electra's.
http://www.bvmjets.com/HotShots/E_Jets11/ejets2011.htm
Also, the short video of a "Bandit" self destructing is very incomplete.
Who, when and where?
Was the airframe damaged in a previous accident?
Maybe it was another GUGU jet. Just sayin'.