RE: Uneventfull Deadstick, Then Disaster
Glad to hear you are OK.
Dumb things happen. I borrowed my wifes car one day to go to the field when I was first strating to fly. I loaded her trunk the same way I loaded mine, Flight box and a plastic filing box with Stuff in first then the fuselage behind. Her car has a shelf up front and it was just right for the flight box. When I made the first turn, I heard someting in the trunk. Turns out that the shelf wasn't flat by had an angle on onside so the flight box was setting hanging off on one end. When I went around the corner it tipped and then flipped on it's side crushing the tail of my trainer.
Not to long after that, I was trying to fly my Quicke 500 on the budy box. Got it started and out to the flight line. Set it down and went to step over an planted my size 10 dead middle in the fuselage. The prop cut a grove about 1/4' deep in the aphalt before it finally quit. Susprising, the prop was about the ony damage. I only cracked the sheeting on top of the fuse and a couple drops of CA and some covering and the plane was ready to fly again.
So, you are not the only one. I'll bet that there are even more stories out there. Anybody??
Don