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Old 03-02-2005, 03:43 AM
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Default RE: Mini Funtana + OS15 = Awesome little plane!!

ORIGINAL: Sturtz
Just be careful not to blow the control surfaces off at high speeds.
Amen to that!

I blew half the horizontal stabilizer/elevator off my 46-sized Katana P last weekend because I was a notch too high on the throttle in a dive.

I'd flown it much faster before but for some reason it just decided to shed half the tailplane and cant the rudder over to about a 45-degree angle. Got it down in one piece though -- fortunately the bit that was left was the bit with the elevator horn on it (phew).

Must be something about the air at the moment though because a mate of mine lost his Extra300 the next day when the wing folded at about 300 feet. He wasn't even throwing it around as much as usual but it just let-go and then dug a huge hole in the ground (it had an ST90 up-front).

Yep, 3D stuff is best performed at *low* speed anyway.