I'm sure many of you have those days. Past weekend weren't much fun at all. 1st, I had bought a Multiplex Twin Jet off of an RC Groups member. This thing has two Permax 480 motors with 5x5 carbon fiber props. 1st flight, its okay but I expected a little more
"oomph". Was running an 8 cell 1800 nimh pack that will handle up to about 30 amps. Then, on 2nd flight, one of the motors quit.
After inspection, one wire came off the motor terminal. Okay...no big deal. Then took my Mavrick up. This thing is all fan fold foam.
E-flite 370 outrunner brushless with 11.1 volt lipoly's for power. I launched and forgot I had high rates on. Damn thing rocked side to side and then just landed in grass breaking the firewall (I had it glued).
Sunday, at club fun fly, I took my Space Walker 2 and a Pete 'n Poke. Previously, I had cut the fuel line so had to do a fix. Well you have to take off the spinner, the prop and the cowl and try and fish through 3 lines thru a smallish hole in firewall. And to make things interesting, the motor mount covers up alot of the hole. Put new fuel line in and fueled up. Fuel pours out of muffler line. I had the damn tank in upside down. So, take off all this crap and try again. Guess what? So "bleepin" thing!!!! So I do it again. All this time, its 93 degrees and humid. Then, after getting this junk done, I can't find the two white nylon wing bolts!!!! Arrggghhh!!!!!! After 15 minutes of swearing etc., I found them in my flight box. A towel got put over them in the box. Finally got it right. Started engine and the Thunder Tiger Pro .46 sounds like ****! Had to lean it out.
Flew 1st flight. Fine! 2nd flight, engine quits as I go from idle to full. DEADSTICK!!! So I'm gliding this thing to bring it down
and I have no control on right aileron. What the **** is goin on now???? I landed it fine. Upon inspection, the control rod keeper on the servo came off. Hmm...I thought these things never come off? Well, I am really ticked off now and go to fly the Poke. Turn on plane's system and got nothing. Take bottom cover off and find the positive wire had come off the connector!!! SOB!!! By this time I'm soaked with sweat and aint got nuthing to drink. Finally flew the poke after taking the rx batt out of my Space Walker. I also had
to lean out the Saito .56 in the poke as it wouldn't run worth crap in this heat. While flying the poke, the wind picks up making the plane a real handful. Because of the high and flat bottom wing, this plane don't like the wind at all. I landed, took apart the planes and loaded them into car. I was at the field from a little after 10 AM to about 5 PM and only flew 3 damn times!!! Two other club members dorked. One had the fuel line break on take off. He crashed into weeds. One of the club's instructor's, flew his Sig Rascal for a few flights and then upon landing, ground looped it and it flipped over breaking the rudder.
Epilogue.....fixed the space walker's aileron controls. Zee bends and threaded clevises. Twin Jet flies better now. I put on 5.5x4 MAS props.
Sorry for the winded message. Kinda funny now but I wasn't laughing sunday at the field!

Dave...