The Cap 232 design (Peter Goldsmith) built by the folks at Action Hobbies during the winter of 1999 flew in the TOC 2000. This airplane participated in a number of demontrations and show team activities. In the spring of 2001, during a pull out of a vertical down 10 of 8 point roll, the wing decided to give out (the wing tube rotated and the vertical spar inside the wing tube was no longer vertical, resulting in a very flexible situation). As the wings flapped back and forth, I very gently turned the plane parallel to the runway and attempted a gradual turn to base leg and landing. Well, the left wing did not hold and it folded. Needless to say the plane came down (at idle) but the vertical implant was pretty much a total loss.

I picked up every piece, I mean every single piece. I picked up pieces of balsa, foam and spruce that were buried in the mud up to 8 inches. I filled several trash bags. I saved every piece of covering (see attached photo). When I got home, I tried to count all the pieces. I lost count after about 300. Every single 1/4 inch stick looked the same.