Reg,
The mid-air was only another airplane striking my prop and the motor and radio continued to work. The plane landed uneventfully, at no time was there any real impact on the airframe. Similarly, the landing following the motor outage was gentle enough not to pull the gear out but did damage the CF struts due to being in the bean patch. BTW re: mid-air the prop suffered damage to only the TRAILING edge (true fact) indicating the pilot of the U-Can-Do was clearly flying so fast and recklessly that his tail rear ended my prop at a speed faster than my prop was turning. That's a joke, Reg. I think the gear box spur gear striking the cowl caused end play that degenerated over the course of the first four flights next time out (the GB was getting a little noisy) until it caused binding that overloaded the motor on the fifth flight. I also attribute the non response of the LVC reset in flight, LVC with normal reset at WOT in the pits later and no LVC at WOT later still at home to motor overheating then cooling and excess current draw caused by the increaing imbalance in the damaged gearbox. I replaced the motor pinion gear, gear box, and put on a new well balanced prop. I will range check at all motor speeds before next flight to be sure. Will tell all later. Does anyone know if the MF is covered with regular yellow Ultracote?
When I get my E-Flite Mini-Edge I may investigate an outrunner motor with no fussy gearbox.