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Old 11-30-2004 | 02:32 PM
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brschmid
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Default RE: How long was it before you crashed for the first time?

I crashed my duraplane with in the first 5 minutes i soloed it. I had about 15 minutes on it prior on a different day. so i decided to take it flying in a 30 mph wind, whoops.

so i take it up and the wind grabs it as soon as i get 30 feet off the ground. it climbs a good bit, then gets drifted a 1/4 mile before nosing in.

i broke the carb and prop, the wing was ok, but i bent the hell out of the aluminum fuse part.

oh well, didn't do that again, and it have probably had about 50 flights since i got it fixed up