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Old 01-07-2007 | 09:54 AM
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Yesterday , after being solo for more than 2 months, I finally put my first plane in. I have a twist 40. I started it went up trimmed it out, out flew a few laps , landed and took off a few times to get use to it a little. Then w/ a grin on my face I parked it a little and walked a round and talked to everyone. After afew minutes I went over , started her up , put her on the ground. Started down the runnway and took off. I instantly had a funny feeling. It took off straight up in the air w/ barely any elevater. I flew around alittle to line up for landing, when I went to turn she just started twisting like crazy. I lost control, killed the throttle and she went nose first into a patch of trees to a thudding stop. Uh Oh ! , that didn't sound good. Went to the scene and to my suprise the only damage was the horizontal stab. Which does bolt on and is only 26.00 from horizon. Moral of the story. CHECK YOUR ON LOW RATES BEFORE TAKE OFF , DUH!!!