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Old 12-18-2004 | 09:34 PM
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ironj21
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Default good day turned bad

today i was flying my supersports 40. calm winds, beautiful weather, plane flying great having about 4 or 5 fligts in when all of a sudden, lost ALL control of the plane..ailerons, throttlle, everything. The the plane just went sporadic, flew about a quarter mile down the field and drilled a tree. The thing is, as this happened, there was a private single engine aircraft flying directly over the field i was at about 1500 to 2,000 feet. Ididnt think about it until i was walking back to my car.. The full scale flying over the field must have interfered with my radio and transmitter. There is no question about it. My JR trans+ reciever is under a year old. My plane wasnt very far from me when this happened, so it def. wasnt out of range, the batteries still had power, and after i gathered up the mess, the electronics worked just fine. I have been flying this plane well over 7 months, and never has something remotely close to this ever happened. I'm sittin here typing this still in a daze??? Has this ever happened to anyone else? or was i just at the wrong place at the wrong time..by the way, my plane hit tree, prob. at full throttle, the fuselage was ok, the wings were splinters...It sorta put an end to the day. Hopefully i can order the wing alone with a decent price.
But, i'm curious to know if this has happened before...let me know
-Jamie