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You guys have forgotten the number one pissoff after any screwup:

"Whatcha shoulda done..."

After my Deb went fishing on my second flight ever, this obnoxious dude at the field took 15 minutes to tell me how I screwed up in building a SPAD in the first place because none of them fly well, what trainer and radio I should have bought, and how I needed to go the ARF route so as to have a "quality built" plane. It wasn't the best time for advice.

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Loved that Grumpy.


Man, that was the best camo paint job I've ever seen. Look! It matches the ground perfectly!

RE: Crash Etiqutte for Dummies
 

I used this one on myself.

"I thought I was closer than that evergreen."

This was after the wing on my NexSTAR, clipped the top of the tree. Over 200 feet from the end of the runway.
(Stupid Rookie). What a way to end a flying season.

E J

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Captain Crunch. HAR!HAR!

RE: Crash Etiqutte for Dummies
 

We had a guy at a fly-in once that crashed his bi plane and then later won a couple of mondo sized bottles of epoxy. Lots of laughs on that one.

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"Your not using channel 46 are you?"[:o]
"Can you turn your radio off? I just turned mine on before you crashed, and I think its causing radio interference."
"My turn to fly"
"You know this field has a fine list of Instructor for beginners."

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"Well, now I know what channel THIS transmitter is on..."
-no really. I've seen that happen.

"You know, I'm a club instructor, right?"

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I didnt mean t turn my radio on, I fought to look at the freq board !

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"That's what you get for flying with a F-F-F-Four-Stroke."

"Can you hurry up and get your plane, I wanta take off soon."

"That plane was a piece of crap anyway, better off buying another one"

"Can I get a shot with you and your wrecked plane?"

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I was the only one at the field and I had a crash last weekend where I mis judged the treeline.

After I went into the woods and picked up the pieces other members showed up and
asked what happened. I told them I was practicing coming in from the other direction and mis-judged the treeline, and they ALL said, yeah we've all done that. Kinda made the hurt go away.

Steve

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That's classic!! & so appropriate. I won the top prize at our raffle again just this last Sunday which is a gallon of fuel, & darned if they didn't buy 10% this time.[:@] Now I have to re-tune my engines[&:] Otherwise it feels like someone lopped off the top end of my throttle. But free fuel is good fuel.[8D]

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Oh! That one would hurt. :D:D:D

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I usually tell newbies to "Don't fall in love with that airplane, it won't last forever." before they fly. As for anybody else, at our field if you don't get flamed, it is unusaul, but it is done in jest..... I think "that was interesting" would be OK. How about.. "You might not want to go to Vegas right now."[sm=tongue_smile.gif]

RE: Crash Etiqutte for Dummies
 

How about,
"I've never seen that move before, what do you call it?"

or

" I was thinking of trying that, I won't bother now"

or helpfully

"Have you got a binbag with you?" :D

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I have never seen a plane do a stunt like that before :D.

I think the grass in on fire!

That was so cool!!! did you see that!

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your gona have to get better at your landings.

that plane sure looked good in the pits.

how long did it take you to build that plane?

you want those wheels.

RE: Crash Etiqutte for Dummies
 

Did you replace that tricky elevator servo I told you about when I sold you that plane?

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How 'bout:

"If you REALLY had control of that plane, you would have crashed closer, so you wouldn't neet to walk so far!"

No joke, a few months ago, we had a guy fly his airplane right into the bed of another guy's truck that was backed up to the pits! It had a cap on it and everything! I guess that guy was a "professional". :D

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Anyone can crash at a distance, only really good pilots can crash near by, it's easier to see the impact! :D:D:D

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Well it flew....

interesting spot to land

i like that last trick you did with the fire.

iv got some epoxy in the truck.

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Cool! do it again do it again!!!

Ouch! thats gotta hurt!

all the while, I would be the "captain crunch" of our field....Rog

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After they totally destroy it Say these 3 classic phrases:

1 ) It's not that bad
2 ) We can fix it
3 ) I have seen allot worse

I mean even if its toothpicks say those things and all will be better.
Whatever you do not ever laugh or smirk lmao.

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What I really hate is when I've had a bad day (crashed) and a guy comes along and starts taking my plane apart for me. He wants to fix it for me right there at the field even though it's not possible. Sure, I can fix it at home if he doesn't lose 1/2 my parts. Had one crash where a local kid ran out to the crash site while I put up my TX. By the time I started out toward the plane (no hurry was there?) here he came back with a handful of plane stuff. Now it had gone down in some tall thicket and there was no way of finding the crash site again so I never found the $100+ worth of servos and stuff he left out there. So did he really help me?

Etiquette: Don't help unless you are asked. You'll stay friends longer. Some help, isn't.[:@]

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You actually thought that trees were 90% air?????

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Please replace your divot sir!!!!

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LOL :D:D:D

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I was talking to a guy who was at his field when another guy was flying a prop-driven, jet-like plane. I guess the guy was just z00ming around the air and went straight up until they couldn't see it anymore, then turned it around and headed straight down, full throttle. Turns out when it was time to pull out, the servos didn't overcome the direction and it went straight in at full throttle! One of the guys just calmly said, "I'll go get the shovel." Turns out they did need a shovel. He said the engine was about a foot into the ground! If that didn't stir up some excitement, you've got to wonder what a "normal" day is for them. :)

I've got to wonder if that's how Jed Clampett got his $$$