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Old 07-08-2006, 07:16 PM
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Default Whiplash RIP
Today I had about 8 flights at two clubs on my Whiplash. The Jett FIRE 50 running great!


Severe flutter in a turn at full throttle as usual. Got off the power, and no elevator control it would roll left or right developing a nose down attitude and straight in it went from about 150 feet up. I had over 120 flights on this Whiplash.

Postmortem:
Servo screws on right elevon got loose, two of the screws were gone at the crash site. The Jett 50 was burried 6" deep, carb ripped off, headder bolts ripped out, tuned pipe impaled on the headder. Switch was torn out of the MPI switch/charge unit. Receiver case popped open a 9 ch PCM. Airframe is totaled...Jett 50 will go in for a case and bearings. Rx will get sent to Futaba for evaluation.
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