Final update...
<div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">Got to the flying field and charged everything up…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">Started the 140RX and tons of power running very smooth. Lisa took the Temptation out to the runway, one more run up to clear the engine…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">Take off was beautiful, very smooth at ½ throttle and very nice climb out to about 20’ and bank to the left for a easy 180 degree turn down wind…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">Leveled wings and was about 100’ and added power…No power, now a glider….it was a tight rope staying just above stall to land easy in the tall weeds…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">I observed the tip stall about 2 feet above earth, and yep it’s a composite fuse…you know where it folded. That was the only damage…Repairable to some, not sure I want the task…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">I have no idea why the engine quit and will probably never know at this point…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">As for my weekend, this was the second plane in two days that were sacrificed to the RC Plane Gods if you will…Lisa’s trainer met it’s demise yesterday while my dad was on the buddy box. He got into trouble and I took back control at about 50’ with no problem. Well until I pulled elevator to gain altitude. I observed a narrow blue covering that I couldn’t place right before she headed to earth at full throttle. My thumbs were in the low left corner on the right stick and full up on the left stick. I held it in that position to verify what happened…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">The blue line was the only blue on the plane…The leading edge of the wing. Normally not a bad observation if the plane is coming toward you, however, it was going away from me. The wing left the plane when I pulled elevator…The wing first lifted on the left appearing to bank sharp to the right…What I saw verified my final stick positions…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">I’ve only lost one other plane since 85’…I guess we all pay up sometime or another…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">Not sure what I will do from here, but we will not be making Quincy, OH…</span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"></font></div><div><font color="#000080" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt">Larry Diamond</span></font></div>