the rising and falling of the calypso
 

Hi
The day for the calypso maiden has come for today.
We tuned the engine for working well after messing with it, and up to the runway.
My partner was on the sticks, and gave it to run.
Immediately the plane jump to the air and was so nice in the air as no trim was needed.
After some turns a cuban eight was applied and suddenly my partner shouted " I have no elevator"
and the plane smash on the runway at almost 90 degree full speed, and you can see the consequences [:o]
Very first inspection was elevator servo failure ,never mind for right now the servo brand because we are not sure this is the reason.
After some deep search we will conduct to be sure I'll know for sure what has happened, right now the fact is the calypso has gone.


Avi

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Bummer
Seems now of days rarely this newer equipment fails. Some servos/ equipment can't tolerate the higher voltages, especially a 5 cell nicad or NIMI packs. I've had some of my 5 cell packs come off the chargers at 7.4 volts. Way to much for some equipment. Ruined several 2.4 Rx's before figuring the high voltage was the culprit.
I've switched to LIFE battery's, unregulated.
Just food for thought.

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I have never seen an engine that severely destroyed. Looks like the crank survived? Sorry for the demise of the Calypso, it happens. Just look at it this way, let's build another one and make it even better and have fun while we do it.

Frank

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anyway; the tail is ok!!!! a litlle less work to build another one... plus the skills....
"if you can see your brand new plane destroyed in a second, and return right back to your workshop to build another one, you ll be a flying modeler, my son!"

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Beautiful airplane, very sad to see it destroyed. I hope you build another!

Frank - Full bore into concrete does BAD things to engines and everything else. If you've ever attended a pattern contest held at a military field you get to fly off concrete - nice and smooth (I believe military runways are concrete that is 6 feet deep) and absolutely no 'give' if you crash. The '83 Nats at Westover AFB had interference problems on 1 or 2 frequencies resulting in some spectacular crashes - complete airframe and component destruction; a bit disheartening [:o].

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Hi friends
I want to thank you for your encouragement, thank you!
I'm pissed of because it was the maiden and it flew so nice.
Currently I'm in a middle of building another one, concerning to another calypso...
not in plan! but I never say never in this case.

Hey daggets, I had a smile when I read your post, about the tail...

thank you
Avi

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Man, that thing took a trip down memory lane; sorry for your loss.