Yep, a KITE!!! a BL#*@y KITE of all things REDUCED MY PLANE TO MATCH STICKS.

I checked as well, I looked and I looked, these are very very common out here and I have canceled flying before due to BL@@*Y KITE'S.

MY WM SS40 s was going great I had been up for about 6 or 7 minutes when BAM the plane went into a rapid role at a 45 degree nose up attitude, rapid deceleration and 18 inches of right wing separated from the plane. It came down fron about 150 feet onto a concrete path. [&o]. I thought it was a structural failure in the wing because I could see nothing, Until, an extreeeeeemly anoid Kite flying, arogant Chinese guy came over to where I was and KICKED the debris of my plane. [:@]. As you can imagine, I was shaking him warmly by the neck in the blink of am eye. My translator, who very luckily for the miget dangling off the end of my arm was close to hand and stoped me raming the verticly challenged person into the path on top of my plane. Niether him or me was going to calm down so my translator took him for a walk. They returned 20 minutes or so later when I had salvaged the bits of my plane that could be of use elswere and put them in a very small bag. My translator presented the frayed end of 1/8'' nylon braid. Perplexed and still furious with the little guy, he pointed skyward to help him explain. As it turned out, this Chinese guy was an ex- district champion Kite flyer and maker. He was flying his KITE from a flat roof top of a disused factory about 4 floors high. The only building for two miles. I had severed the rope on a kite that was floating at around 2000 feet. My reaction was. NEVER, NOT IN A MILLION YEARS. They both pointed skyward to make me look HARDER, and there it was, like a string of beeds, the offending article was barely a micro dot heading off down wind, and apparently still going up. As it turned out this thing was 100 feet long and was made up of 50 kites all linked together. This guy was obviously serious about his chosen sport. Now knowing the facts I calmed down. We talked for a while through my translator and agreed that the losses were even, but very unfortunate for us both. He has flown his kite's there since the factory closed, 15 years before. We parted company and both went home to count the cost. My kit was completely totaled apart from, wing servo,rudder servo, reciever and battery.
I asked a couple of people at work about the Kite he lost and they explained that he had lost considerably more than me. I am feeling guilty now, so I have arranged to meet the guy and see what I can do to help him out. I think cash will probably do the trick.
So now its back to my old trainer until the postie brings the next project.
Sorry its so long but I had to share this with someone who speeks English.