ORIGINAL: Insanemoondoggie
Thanks Ken, To be honest I was a little spooked of the plane , but man after seeing what you can do with it made me realize this plane is very capable of things that are beyond my skill level. And after the flights you put on it , the engine has really come on , your style of flying was good for it. Tx.
Thanks Manks , I`m really not out anything and the man has my respect for dealing with the issue . It`s nice to have it a done deal. And no it does`nt make me feel better you smucked your plane lol. Sorry to hear it. What dumb thumb manuver was it ?
Dumb thumb my Twist a few weeks ago , up was not up . Knock the top right out of a big dead oak tree. Wondered why there was 2 crash sounds, one be hind the other. oops.
There are three parts to this hobby, Building, Flying and Repairing -I am about to start the third phase!
I am still pretty new and was taking a plane off with a left to right cross wind - pretty strong. Because the pits are to the left I could not really fly towards them so I had to fly the cross wind. I rotated the plane, the wind caught it, rolling it to the right, it stalled and cartwheeled in. Dammage is not that bad really, kind of like on your 4* Fuse. It will only take a few hours to glue it back, all the parts are pretty big. I could use the break, I have used up all of my flying political capital with my wife to get my wings this season, I don't think she is too bothered by me being down a plane.
I am looking at getting a 4* 60 (I have a nice little OS 61 waiting to be mounted, and an even nicer OS .91 4 Stroke that could be put on to that plane) I think I will continue to work on the basics with my trainer (a GP 40 that was not the plane I crashed) and take some advanced flight training that is being offered at my club (once my wife lets me get out again).
Did you build your 4 * or was it an ARF. I am finding that as much as I enjoy the flying, building is really a very relaxing thing to do and I really enjoy it a lot so I think I will build the 4* which I hear is a very fast, easy build. What are your thoughts?