ORIGINAL: DenverJayhawk
Saturday I had the first major crash with my beloved Big Stik 60. I was flying too low and pulled up to avoid another aircraft when she stalled and went in. Didn't lawn dart her, but the firewall, landing gear and and tail section are ripped off with lots of splintering. Probably could be rebuilt if I had the time to glue every toothpick back together.
This really sucks. Guess it gives me the opportunity to look into that OMP profile I've been thinking about.
I've been flying RC since 1972 and crashing is part of the hobby. One of my first lesson was to have other radio ready airplanes to fly. Back then there were very few ARF's, Lanier, SureFlite (Foam), and She'll Fly by Hobby Shack come to mind. Because almost all aircraft were built we tended to rebuild rather than toss out. Costs to fly now days are so low you can have mutiple airplanes ready to go. Because I do a lot of testing, experimenting, and modifications to many of my aircraft, I crash quite often. Just this month I damaged a foam P-51, a High speed glider, a total wipe out of my foam Tiger Moth. If looks are not to important you can probably repair the Big Stik and make it safe to fly by over laying the splintered area with 3/4 oz. fiberglass and thin CA. For the firewall area you would use a couple of layers of fiberglass ans epoxy and recover as needed. It's a great hobby stay with it.