RE: The Death of the Vertigo
The Vertigo II was my favorite pattern plane back in the 70's. I flew one 4 years...flew over 100 gallons of fuel through it. And then one day...I was flying it at an "open house" air show at Reese AFB in Lubbock TX. It was about 4 or 5 minutes into the flight. I was just doing a big Split S turn- around...when the radio just quit. I was at the top of a towering Split S and had rolled about 90 degrees to the left (away from the crowd and the parked full-size aircraft....including the Thunderbirds)...and suddenly it was like I had turned-off the transmitter. My Vertigo continued heading out away from the crowd in a downward arc...at full power. It hit in the dirt just 10 feet from the main runway which was 500 feet out from the apron area. Of course it was a total loss. As best I could tell it was a battery failure. Wish I had another one now.
Best Regards
JC
I don't always fly R/C...but when I do, I fly FASST. Fly well my friends.