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Old 02-18-2002 | 06:30 PM
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Bob Pham
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Default Don't Let This Happen To You

I crashed my Thunder Tiger G200, a fun fly and in my opinion not a good plane to have. I took it several planes to the field one recent Saturday and ended up sticking the G200 with the horizontal stab stuck between the back of the front seats. I had no idea how stupid that was eventhough it seemed ok at the time.

I took it up flying full throttle (wind in the 15-25mph that day) and made half a circuit before the horiz. stab blew up. I yelled out to the guys and they scattered and the wind carried my plane out past the parking area. It crashed into the dirt without hitting anything or anybody.

So, don't let this happen to you. The G200 has built up tail group and not strong to begin with. The vibration on my way to the field had weakened the wood structure - whatever little they used. High wind and my flying it at full throttle all added up to it. Bad ideas! Bad plane! Never did fly like a real plane in my opinion.