ORIGINAL: Archie
Looks like the cyano had let go of the wood as they came out quite easily (when I pulled at the remaining ones).
Im amazed too... how much cuano did you use? Ive never had one fail in my life and Ive been using those hinges for about 10 years !
(I assume it was IH Hinges you used)
Im also surprised that you were not able to retrieve it from the blender withouy the rudder attached... or was it all a case of too much happening too low?
Thats a real shame...maybe you should have gone with the knife edge loops instead..was doing this with mine today and then knife edge 8s.
Sorry to hear your new Sprink...
Yes, too much happening too low I think. In the cold light of day (after I had calmed down a bit) I thought that if I had switched out of 3D rates to normal high rates I may have pulled it out. But with 3D rates I was probably continually stalling/snapping as I was coming down (certainly looked like it). I had bearly enough time to say "oh $*it".
Also the rudder was still hanging on by the control rod, flapping about, which would not have helped.
Yes, IH hinges. I don't usually used CA hinges, perhaps I didn't use enough CA on them. How much are you supposed to use? I did put the CA in from both sides. This is the first time I have ever had hinges give out on me in flight. Only other time has been as part of a crash.
wall from take off? does that mean you take off and like a few feet up you do a wall
or
you yank full up to take off?
First one. I had got to the end of the strip, about 10 feet up (a bit more than usual, I like long gentle climbs from take off) and did a wall. Then opened up the throttle to go up verticaly.