ORIGINAL: margusity
Well guys I maiden my plane today and it was a great flyer. Tracks very well and the Saito 120 is a good engine for the plane. Only problem, I got a little too cocky and ended up nose diving the plane in the ground on the fifth flight. I really felt like crying because it was such a beautiful plane to fly. I would recommend the plane to anyone who likes 3d type planes. The Good News. I order a new one since most of the electrical stuff survived and the engine may have survived. I say that because the rocker arm housing hit a rock. Were also hoping the crankshaft did not get bent. If the engine is a goner, I still have the SuperTigre 90. In any case, it was probably he best flying airplane I have ever had.
Kind of wierd that this happened to you. Same exact thing happened to me only at the end of my first flight
I nosed it in due to me stalling the airspeed and being to low to recover. Drove my engine in the (thankfully) soft ground about a foot and completely snapped the firewall and everything off the fuselage. Nothing else was harmed at all; and it hit pretty hard. Reinforcements worked.
Now I have a bunch of spare parts because I ordered the same plane again as well.
I did break my needle valve off in the housing. on the engine. Not even a stress bend in the Tru-Turn spinner. My crash was all my mistake and lesson learned.
Keep these airplanes moving...