tlw427,

You better believe it... Every crash I've had is 100% my fault!!!!

And by the way I've lost a couple of plane to Hinge problems.

That's why I do usually rough em up and pin them with tooth picks!!!

As far a checking my car motor mounts I leave that to my mechanic.

When it comes to my model Airplanes I'm the Mechanic/Builder and Pilot so depending on went went wrong its either my fault as the mechanic/Builder or Pilot. See where I'm going with this.

And yes I do a very detailed preflight and service my birds on the bench regularly. And yes they still seem to crash and again I still think its my fault if for no other reason then I'm the one who decided to send it up..


As far as losing a plane I do understand the frustration..

At the risk of making you "madder" at me I did notice that you state the plane was 3yrs old with several hundred hours on it.

Full scale aircraft routinely require overhauls on airframe and engines based on hours of flight. What are your maintentance and overhaul procedures? As I'm sure you know aerobatic and fun fly planes when flown in the manner that they were designed take a beating from g forces. This does tend to take its toll on the airframe and associated components (i.e hinges, clevis, control horns)


Tlw427,

I just thought of two instances where A crash might not be the owner/operators fault

1. Getting Shotdown
2. A confirmed manufactured defect like the issue people where
having with the gp pitts arf

in this instances even though I would still shoulder some of the responsibility I would say it would be fair to say that the cash of the crash was beyond your control.