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Old 05-01-2004 | 09:14 PM
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Default RE: Phoenix Models Giles 202 question

Some times life sucks...
On only my 4th flight w/ this plane, I crashed it. The clevis to one of my ailerons came off on a previous flight and I was still able to land it. It was ugly, but ok. I had forgotten to put the nylon sleeve around the clevis. We used a piece of fuel tubing, but after the crash I looked at it and it came off again. I guess the fuel tubing was too stretchy. Not sure if that happened before or after the crash.
It looked more like it had an elevator problem. It flew right by us and just started vibrating very vilently up and down. Then it just dove straight down.
Well, gotta go look for another plane now.
Mark
P.S. Thanks to all that helped. I can still use the information in the future, especially if I buy another Giles from Phoenix.