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Old 11-08-2007 | 12:32 AM
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Default RE: gp lancair wings snapping

Hey, someone beat me to it! [8D] I was going to post it on the big Lancair photos thread
but stumbled upon this.

I am/was the said owner of this model. I believe an earlier wing strike might have lead to the
beginning of the end here. I was doing my normal approach, full flaps, steep approach when the
plane ballooned on the flare and tip stalled causing the wing to hit the ground. Very ugly
landing! Now it didn't hit hard (just bent that high quality nose gear a bit) but, I guess
it doesn't take much with the long wings. In retrospect, I should have checked the integrity
of that wing before I flew it again but in my haste to achieve the pretty landing, I flew her
again, climbed to about 100 ft.and "pop"! Flew straight down.

Definitely check the wing after any strike of any kind. Even if you glassed the wing like I did.
Here's a few photos of where the wing broke...

I will truly miss it. It's a nice flying aircraft with scale landings and approaches.
Hope to have another soon as I have no other home for an FX.61 and TF in-cowl
muffler.
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