Kangke F-20 / Rossi 53 trashed
Well guys, today was the 3rd flight on my Kangke F-20 with the Rossi .53
This plane was a total joy and the engine was a hotrod until the end of the flight.
When I went to throttle back to get ready to land I noticed the plane wanted to dive.
When I went to add some trim the plane shot straight up and started to roll on it's back.
I thought I was getting radio hits, but right about then the stabalizer came off
The F-20 went in nose first at about 110mph. We had to dig the engine out about 9 inches from the dirt. The muffler/pipe is all bent and some bolts on the rear of the engine have sheared away and the carb looks to be bent.
Examination of the wreckage shows that the rear bolt down support on the left side just un glued itself basically and the right bolt sheared after that. We never found the stabilizer, it's gone along with the elevator servo attached.
What a let down, I'm totally bummed, this seemed to be a great fast plane until today. Looking back now I'm thinking this area should have been beefed up and glued better than Kangke does it.
Anyone with this plane, inspect the bolt down supports.
Anyway, anyone know where I can send this Rossi to in the states to have it checked out and possibly repaired? It only had 4 tanks throught it