Muffler

Hi all

Thanks Phil for the offer of sole ownership of the fury, but you know you are always more than welcome to fly it.
Mr Jolly, I can't believe you posted those pictures & with a headstone, only joking Mr Jolly I did ask you to post them (ow do!!)[:@]
So, did Mrs Jolly sting you for a full 3 courses and coffee? [:-]

Anyway, the crash team investigators have been busy, radio gear is functioning correctly apart from 2 servos where casings & gears have been smashed[:@] due to impact & nothing which would have happened during normal flight. Something kept churning over in my mind (horrible grinding noise!) the MVVS is normaly very reliable, usualy starts 1st flick, but was a bit of a devil to start on Sunday, but I just thought oh well, one of those days, then when checking full throttle, nose up, engine needed richening up quite a bit, but then was quite happy at this. Can you guess what I think the problem was? Well, I think I forgot to put the bung back into the filler pipe, got pressure into the tank for a little while, engine stopped on a turn but can't really tell because of other aircraft noise, stalled & down she went like a lead balloon.
When I had a look at the engine last night, the bung was missing, it was a very good fit (but only when inserted) so I don't think this came out on crash, it was never put in. To cut a long story short, ground crew error, myself.
Do you think this makes sense? I don't think I have done this before but have certainly learnt from it.
The wings are a lot worse than they look on the pictures.

Regards

Muffler

Here is a picture of the 190 (god rest her sole) taken a while ago by LL