Been working on a Cessna 182 Skylane. Got it finished up this morning. Has an OS .46 AX in it. Took it to the field this afternoon.
Weather was 5 mph wind, overcast and 47 degrees. I get to the field and forgot the struts!!! Then, tried starting engine. After a few thousand tries and numerous 4 letter words, a club mate points out that engine aint never gonna start without the glow igniter! DUH!!!
She starts and I taxi it to end of field and give full and she takes off. Man this plane looks great in air!!!! 3 clicks of right and about 5 clicks down and its trimmed. I get her set up for landing and am turning right. Plane is a little low so I give it some up elevator and nothing!!!
Doesn't respond to up or down stick! Bonk! Hits the turf on an angle. Prop breaks, all the glued in windows pop off, vertical fin comes off,
left part of wing comes unglued, cowl is cracked, spider cracks along the fiberglas fuse etc. Found the problem. Was using the quick connects that came with the arf (CMP Cessna you find on ebay). Either I neglected the tiny bottom screw of the connect or, it came loose because the elevator servo had no rod attached to the control arm when I inspected the damage. Lesson learned. Never use the cheap quick connects!!! I'm tearing off all the ones on the plane and replacing them with either Dubro ones or, re-do all the control rods.
Anyways, took plane home (3 minute drive from field), grabbed my Tiger 2 and flew it rest of afternoon.

Dave...