RE: Trainer maiden flight (crash)
Jet Mech,
Yeah most likely, I jumped out of alot perfectly good aircraft back then.
I checked the Chunk line position. Held the fuel tank up to the light. Looks to be okay. About 1/2 from the back side of the tank, Rest right on the bottom when holding in horiztonal. Not falling at all toward the front of the tank. Glue was good and dry this morning. I wanted to check servo ops before leaving for work. Before turning on the Tx and Rx. I went to center the front wheel. And it would not budge. I then tried moving the servo by hand and it still wouldn't budge. Turned on the Tx and Rx, moved just fine, but thought the fact that I couldn't move it by hand was pretty wierd. Anyway, all seems well. Going to strenghten up the fire wall just to be safe as well.
Other than that will do the following before next flight:
Take the lane to the Local LHS and have the servos checked.
Buy new Rx and Tx batteries
New fuel line (pressure and tank to High idle port)
Already replaced the High idle to carb line.
Buy a volt watch
Buy new fuel
Run three tanks of fuel through the engine and yes I will tilt the plane up at full throttle and see what happens.
The one thing I forgot to ask the instructor before leaving yesterday, was if he lost all control. Not sure if he just lost the rudder or ailerons too.
The guy that recycled my batteries did say that the Rx battery was not as good as the Tx. But said they were in good shape. Guess we should've charged them when we recharged the Tx batteries at the field yesterday.
Live and learn that is what is all about. I'm hooked!!!!!!!