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Old 07-15-2010 | 08:55 PM
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If there ever was an insurance claim type accident with an over weight model...who's ever gonna know it was over weight and needed further inspection? There's going to be chunks of that plane scattered all over Hell and half of Georgia.

The big ones breakup just about the same way as the under 55 lb, birds do. It just takes the extra strength plastic bags for the parts.
Having spent several years flying over 55 lb planes plus being in the company of several others doing the same I find the heavy iron to be way less dramatic than the much smaller and much faster planes being flown under marginal control and with little thought as to what the next move will be.
There are a couple of 75 lb planes in my gallery pictures for reference.