Nova,

Ouch!! [&o]

That looked painful. Sorry to hear see it go in that way. How did the motor box/firewall hold up? Any damage in the wing attachement plates, etc? How about the fuse, it's so lightly built, how'd it do?

Any idea what hapened, sounded like it was running OK. Are you using a pump or regulator? Is it possible it wasn't fully fueled?

While you've got the bottom of the wing open, snap some pics of the internal structure for the morbidly curious to see how it's built...

Wagas,

Sounds like the one you flew was tail-heavy? I've got the same setup (Moki 180 and Hitec 5925's in the tail) and the 1800mah all the way in the nose and it balances perfect. Also, the recommended low rate rudder is just enough to induce a high speed stall (snap) and can seem quite sqirrelly if you horse around with the elevator on low rates. I tried Sunday to get into a harrier on low rates, and all it would do was roll over ant full up on low rates. If you go to 3D rates (45+ degrees elevator) it can be pushed right through the stall into a harrier/elevator/hover without rocking the wings or rolling over on it's back. Like any 3D type plane, you can't sneak into stalled flight, it's all or nothing.

Richard