Hey, well I was out yesterday with my buddies about to fly my Nexstar again and I thought I would try to put a digital camera on the plane. The camera I was using was a Kodak digital camera, I put it just about right at the CG... atleast I thought, as I tried to take off it took A LOT longer than usual and I should have just throttled down but me being anxious to get some onboard footage kept the throttle all out and it finally lifted off, it was flying fine, just a little bit nose heavy but all and all it was alright, I did a few loops and quick turns etc... but as I was just flying nice and level all of a sudden the nose dipped vertical down, I pulled up as hard as i could and nothing.... the nexstar slammed right into the ground at full speed as me and my buddies just stood in disbelief. I'm guessing this was from interference from a camera not designed to be on RC vehicles? or maybe just a sudden shift in cg? Idk but as we walked over to the crash sight I saw it.... the wing was off and in perfect shape which I was very happy when i saw hat and the plane was in tact! I got closer and saw the spinner and prop were ruined, and the front end balsa wood was crunched, but nto completley so I figured Some tape could fix that up. when I got home and looked the plane over, the wing had a problem too, the metal bar that holds the wing halves together was bent, so I put it in a vice and bent it back straight... I got electrical taped and just taped the entire front end over and over again, It looked okay! and I went tothe hobby store right after the crash and got a new prop and spinner... Installed those and I figured I should try a test flight. Well today I tried it out.. and GREAT just as great a flying plane as before and I did rolls, spins, quick moves etc... and everythign went perfect, 4 perfect landings and I was VERY pleased with my repairs..... Heres some photos of the repair to the front.



New pictures of the actual repair are the last two pictures due to the help of the guys on this form the new repair consisted of some ca on the balsa to straighten it all out instead of just using tape to keep it all together.... and some covering on the canopy... there was a lot of balsa to be repaired.. more then i thought and now all i need is some sort of white covering for the rest of the front... thank you to everybody thats been helping me in htis form.


alright I posted some final pictgures of the final repair.... thanks to all!