With all deference to Ali, who is certainly knowledgable and talented beyond a level that most of us could even dream of:
This was, IMO, NOT a stalled airplane. Look at all of that barrel/spiral. BOTH wings were still "flying" or the flight path would have not spiraled.
At the very least, the case for pilot error is not "clear", as stated by Ali and those who jumped onto his band wagon.
That was my take on it even
before I saw the magnified freeze-frame of the assymetrically deployed flap, which seals the deal.
This was almost certainly NOT caused by a "tip" stall, accel stall, snap, spin, too much elevator, too slow, too low, gear down etc....The ONLY, repeat ONLY thing that is "clear" here is that for some unknown reason, a reason that cannot be inferred from the video, there was an assymetrical flap condition. It could have been a linkage failure. Or not. It could have been a servo failure. Or not. It could have been a radio component (rx, matchbox, extension, etc) failure. Or not.
Praises to MACH 1 who actually
searched for facts rather than dressing his
opinions up in pretty little fact suits and inserting them into the thread as "case closed".
And my apologies (on behalf of my too-quick-too-judge RC brethren) to the pilot who's "dumb thumbs" were accused, tried, convicted, and then sentenced on such faulty grounds........
I watched the video magnified and it looks very much like the left flap stayed down and the right flap was flat and loose.. this would cause the roll to the right and elevator would only cause the downward plunge when inverted.... really sorry you lost your plane bud,,,,, i have been there I few times myself,, pilot error is too easy to say..... whatever,.... it's always a big hurt when you loose a plane,,,,best wishes for the future...MK
(nicely said)
Note flap on non-stalled wing (with more air pressure) retracted.
Again, I don't think either wing was stalled. That said, even IF that were the case then the stalled wing would be the right wing, the wing with the flap retracted. The plane was rolling right.
Flaps in a high speed loop that's a no no, so he could have lost a servo during the loop which would also cause the death spiral...(pilot error)
Who says it's a no-no? Who says it was a "high speed loop"? (everyone else seems to be condemning the guy for being too slow) Who says the servo wasn't a stout, high quality, metal geared unit ? I think it's at least as factual to say that lots of flaps get deployed at higher speeds every day without failure. But that's just my opinion based on guesses
C'mon, y'all. It's human nature, I suppose, to see a vid like this and WANT TO BELIEVE that it wouldn't happen to us (or our wallets and pride) because we are somehow smarter than the guy who was on the sticks. But WANTING it to be true does not make it so...........
Enuff bashing of the poor guy already.