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Old 06-24-2003 | 11:30 PM
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Default Breaking engines in half.

Originally posted by Spaceclam
If he has crashed 4 times this year, he shouldn't be flying
According to the date of this post, this guy average 1 crash every 4 weeks or so.

I have crashed 5 times in the last 12 months:

1st: Last summer, H9 Cap moved elevator servos to tail, way tail heavy, stall during landing approach

2nd (3 days later): GP Extra 40, forgot to plug aileron cord after taking off the wing to investigate throttle linkage. Took off and start rolling to the right slowly. When it was going downward in knife edge position, I realized what had happened, but was not reacting fast enough to give full left rudder.

3rd: Christmas Eve 2002: WM Super Stunt 60. I was flying all by myself in this wonderful day. Decided to take 1 more flight too many... RX pack went out of juice, then it went to mid throttle and straight dive to the trees behind parking area. Broke the Magnum 91 4-stroke into 4 pieces. Ended up selling the intact muffler for $12. The plane was in many more pieces. Broke 1 servo. Ended up salvaging the tail for its Ultracote..

4th, Creek Staudacher (the one in Avitar): Battery went out during 1st flight Elevator response slowed down by 10X. Tried to bring it in for landing, but the 10X delay in elevator made for spectacular flare: nose up, then straight down. Engine is fine. Just broke firewall clean and tore out landing block, and bent wing tube. Easily fixable. At this point, I realized that a $25 onboard LED RX indicator is a good investment

5th, WM Fun World 3D: left aileron servo stripped, and plane rolls to the right. Had to fly with rleft rudder and left aileron to keep level. Couldn't make left turn for landing. Ended up overshooting behind trees far side of runway. After I lost sight of it, I didn't keep the right amount of aileron and rudder to keep wings level. When I went to pick up the plane, it apparently had rolled to the right, landed on right wheel and right wingtip, then hit the tail to bend the aft fuse to the left. Broke the stick structure in aft fuse. Should be repaired easily as well.

Out of 5 crashes, I only broke 1 engine. Kind of lucky.