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Old 09-05-2009 | 05:10 PM
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Default crashed my cub today

you know what I love about flying RC, everytime you get a little cocky reality likes to jump up and slap you in the face. today was a good example of that. I was flying my cub, after a few flights of just putting around,I decided to do some touch and goes. after a few really nice long rolling ones, I wanted to try a 1 wheel touch and go. my first attempt was not to bad, but I only touched down for a second before pulling out. so around I go again this time I kinda bounced it so I powered up and went around again. I decided that I was trying to fly to slow, thats why I was bouncing it, so I came in under power. I set up my approach and dipped a wing countering with a little rudder, it looked so smooth as one wheel touched down. unfortunatley thats where things went wrong. it had rolled for about 10 feet when it balloned and then hit the wing tip on the runway resulting in a pretty violent cartwheel. it's repairable but I don't think I'll have it ready for my clubs Cub fun fly in a few weeks. on well...