Okay, so i went to the field with my Alpha 60. I was the only person there (other than my mom, who took me). So, I started her up. She was fine, so I took off, did some circuits around the field. Then I started doing some low-passes and touch-and-goes. Calm day, so no issues UNTIL I did a low pass. Maybe 5 feet over the ground. I'm right over the runway, then right as I hit the end (still about 5 feet high), I hear a bad noise. The popping noise that comes right before a dead stick! Then I could see the prop stop. Nothing I could really do. I had no height nor runway to work with. At the end of the field, the ground drops down, so all I could do it watch it glide down until it disappeared. Then I waited for the crunch. Luckily, I was going slow before the dead stick, so the damage is minimal. It happened to hit right on a road (the really rocky kind that hurt your feet). The spinner is scraped up as well as a little covering. Nothing else i could find. No big issue.

Then I had to find what went wrong. Fuel was fine (In fact it was almost full, so even a bad clunk wouldn't cause this.) I figured it must be the glow plug. It was. I replaced it and the engine started and ran all kinds of tests perfectly. I figure it was just the things time to go, because I've had it since break-in. I know they go bad during break-in a lot, and I had one go like middle of the break-in, so the rest of the break-in was on this one. Its a year old. Anyways, its fixed, I go to fly some more.

Then, more bad happened. I was doing more flying (Nothing low, just in case there was more to the glow-plug burnout than age). Anyways, I go to land (Using a two-blade prop that lands a lot faster than the three-blade that it comes with). I have to land pretty fast, but I usually have no issues bringing it in softly. I messed up a bit. Came in hard on the nose wheel. I didn't pull back enough in time. No big issues, because it just bounced up, but as it went back up, the wheel popped off! It came back down without the wheel, but it actually landed fine. The only problem was the wheel collar was lost, and I didn't have spares, so that ended my day. Not sure if the wheel issue was caused by the previous crash or not. It might have hit the road sideways a bit, putting alot of force on that wheel, loosening that collar. Not sure though.

I was angry, because it was such a good day. Anyways, thats my bad luck. A dead stick at the absolute worst time, and a wheel popping off to end the day.

Next trip you'll have extra wheel collars with you. So, something else will fall off (and you will not have a spare). You can carry a truckload of stuff and not have what you need.


What engine and prop are you using?
My first trainer had a Thunder Tiger 61 with a 11x7 two blade prop. The engine idled fast enough that my instructor often killed the engine to land. I changed to a 12x6 prop and it made it easier to land.

I tried the APC 13x4W on it and I liked the performance. Unfortunately I was trying to learn to land at the time and I broke several of them. I went back to the 12x6 because the 13x4W was expensive.

I use a Evolution .61 with a 12x5 prop. Generally, I don't have an issue landing, just a little mistake today. I like practicing landing fast with this plane, so im ready for my tiger 60.

Shorty,

Don't get angry its all part of the hobby!

Things just happen, if they are mechanical they break. Its always a good idea to check everything over really good after some kind of incident. As you have learned they have a tendency to shake things loose a bit.

If it makes you feel any better there have been days where I didn't even get to fly once getting to the field because of some kind of airplane or equipment issue. It happens to all of us every so often. There will be many other good days

It happens, hopefully the next time you are at the field someone else is there that may have a spare part. I helped my friend maiden his new B25 (Ilove saying that) and he had lost his nylon mounting bolt to bolt a wing on the plane before he got to the field, luckely I had one that with a little grinding with a dremal (which I had) was able to work and he had a great flight. Try to bring extra stuff and or bring two planes

I wish I could bring two planes, but I doubt I would have much use of my Tiger 60. The lack of fuselage and covering makes it hard to fly.

Getting angry about the little stuff in life isn't worth the effort it takes to be angry.
Whenever something happens that is beyond a persons ability to control the reaction to it is a choice. No one or no thing can make you become angry, you choose to become angry. That is worth thinking about. Instead of thinking about everything that went wrong on this day here is another perspective that is worth considering.

These are the good things about your day:
1)Beautiful weather
2)You are so very young but you are lucky enough to have a 60 sized RC airplane, even if you earned the money yourself, you are still lucky to be in a situation where you can participate at this level
3)Your mom is willing to take you to the airfield, very lucky indeed
4)Even though it is beautiful weather you have the field to yourself, again what a stroke of luck
5)You deadsticked over the hill where you could not even see the plane to try and flare it in and yet you get only a scratch on your spinner and covering, that is good fortune
6)The next flight you nose it in, it bounces up in a stall, and a wheel falls off, but the wings stay level and yet again you escape the mishap with no damage, I do not call this bad luck I call it remarkably good fortune

I think you should change the title of your thread to:
WOW I was one lucky kid today ...