Well, here is whats left of my plane.
I always new that if I was in the hobby long enough that I would have a crash, I just didnt think it would be on the fourth flight of the plane
The instructor and I were on a buddy box and had made two great flights. He said I was doing great and picking up on things really well. So I did a few rolls and then a loop. Shortly after I pulled out of the loop somthing went wrong. He thought it was just me so he tried to take control of the plane but it would not respond to him either, took a nose dive stright down into the runway.
We could not find anything wrong with the plane and it was thoroughly inspected prior to take off, so he said to call tower hobbies and see if they would replace it. I called and talked to a guy named Jake, he said to send what was left back to them and they would replace it, so this is the letter I sent along with the wreckage.
Hobby Services
3002 N. Apollo Drive, Suite #1
Champaign, IL 61822
To Whom It May Concern:
I purchased a Tower Trainer 40 MKII from Tower Hobbies on 12/27/2005. I joined an AMA sanctioned club in Douglasville GA on 03/07/2006. Steve Schoot, the club instructor, thoroughly inspected the plane prior to take off. He then made a successful flight before allowing me to fly via a buddy box configuration on 03/12/2006. While on its third flight the plane suddenly lost control and nose-dived straight into the pavement. The aircraft was at a significant altitude to allow recovery, and the instructor tried to regain control of the plane, but it would not respond. Upon investigation we found all internal components of the aircraft to be in working order.
I spoke to Jake in your warranty department on 03/13/2006 at 9:20am(CST); he agreed to replace the plane with another Tower Trainer 40 MKII. Per his instructions I am sending the remaining wreckage along with this letter of explanation.
We sincerely appreciate your help in this matter.
____________________
Steve Schoot
Vice President & Club Trainer
Douglas County Aeromodelers
____________________
Kenny Marshall
Student Pilot / Tower Hobbies Customer
They got the plane and letter on Friday, hopefuly I will get a new plane soon.
In the mean time, I bought RealFlight G3 and have been flying on it. By the way I love G3, its as close to the real thing as you can get, and when the plane takes a nose dive into the runway you just hit the little red button [8D]