ORIGINAL: CGRetired
A proper pre-flight should have caught the incorrect CG on that plane and it should have been fixed before attempting to fly it. Basic RC safety precaution here. Not rocket science.
If precautions were followed and a proper pre-flight followed by a fix, the plane may.. MAY have flown.
DS.
Yup... but these were a group of anxious engineering students eager to view the viability of their handiwork.
Any club member would have spotted the problems.
As it is, that is exactly what was being done when the plane went for an unplanned flight.