At what point do you make the decision to junk it??
12-02-2022, 06:49 AM
#1
At what point do you make the decision to junk it??
Wondering where you draw the line.
Got into a flat spin, recovered it but I hit a tree.
This was not my favorite plane, but I built it during "COVID"
so, it has some sentimental value.
It's going to take almost as much
work to fix it or build something else. BTW, it' was an Astro Hog kit from
Dancing Wing Hobby in China. I do still have the plans.
Got into a flat spin, recovered it but I hit a tree.
This was not my favorite plane, but I built it during "COVID"
so, it has some sentimental value.
It's going to take almost as much
work to fix it or build something else. BTW, it' was an Astro Hog kit from
Dancing Wing Hobby in China. I do still have the plans.
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Henpecked (12-14-2022)
12-02-2022, 01:41 PM
#2
You pretty much described the criteria -
If you aren't all that fond of it....
and it takes almost as much time to fix as to build something else....
or if the $$ invested in the fix seems a bit high...
Then junk it.
On the other hand, I've had planes that at first appeared completely beyond hope. I stuff the garbage bag of pieces and splinters under my workbench. Some long time later I pull it out, and say "Hmmm....this might all just go together again" And it does!
But it's got to be a plane I really liked flying. Only so much room available to store "so-so" ones, broken or not.
If you aren't all that fond of it....
and it takes almost as much time to fix as to build something else....
or if the $$ invested in the fix seems a bit high...
Then junk it.
On the other hand, I've had planes that at first appeared completely beyond hope. I stuff the garbage bag of pieces and splinters under my workbench. Some long time later I pull it out, and say "Hmmm....this might all just go together again" And it does!
But it's got to be a plane I really liked flying. Only so much room available to store "so-so" ones, broken or not.
12-03-2022, 08:19 AM
#3
For me it comes down to "Am I done playing with it yet?" Some airplanes are okay but I wont balk at harvesting their organs for the next plane. If it is an airplane that I really enjoy, it may get repaired more than once. I have a Knight Twister that is probably kind of sketchy and I cartwheeled it on the first attempt at a maiden. It's getting repaired and I will keep thrashing on it until I get a successful flight.
Last edited by mgnostic; 12-03-2022 at 08:53 AM.
12-12-2022, 06:27 AM
#5
Repairs are coming along.
Decided to fix it after all. One thing leads to another, and I just started
joining part "A" to part "B". It might fly again.
Found this piece of balsa in my stash. .66 cents, AHHH, those were the good old days!
joining part "A" to part "B". It might fly again.
Found this piece of balsa in my stash. .66 cents, AHHH, those were the good old days!
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Henpecked (12-14-2022)
12-20-2022, 06:39 AM
#7
All done, ready to test fly.
After the rebuild I loaded the wing to +6g's with no failure. The covering wrinkled the same on both wing panels.
The hardest part was matching the colored "swoops" on the front. It's never going to be beautiful again, but maybe I
will get some more flights out of it. I wonder if the HUGE wheel's I had on it may have added to the fact that it wouldn't
recover from the spin? They were repurposed from a crashed "Turbo Timber" I was given.
I also replaced the three-blade prop with a two-blade prop. Those two things might have given the airframe
too much "frontal area" for the vertical fin to overcome during a spin.
The hardest part was matching the colored "swoops" on the front. It's never going to be beautiful again, but maybe I
will get some more flights out of it. I wonder if the HUGE wheel's I had on it may have added to the fact that it wouldn't
recover from the spin? They were repurposed from a crashed "Turbo Timber" I was given.
I also replaced the three-blade prop with a two-blade prop. Those two things might have given the airframe
too much "frontal area" for the vertical fin to overcome during a spin.
Last edited by Moon Pie; 12-20-2022 at 06:41 AM. Reason: Add Original picture.
01-02-2023, 02:49 PM
#8
Once the amount of glue holding the plane together outweighs the original model...
or
Once the plane is so fuel soaked that it starts smoking if you leave it sitting n the sun.
Nice work moon pie..!!
I have had planes that could flat spin with so much momentum that opposite rudder alone wasn't enough to cancel the spin and getting the model to get the nose pointed down in order to fly out of the spin was difficult.
When nothing else works I'd have to accept a Frisbee Style landing in the tall grass.
Make sure your rudder linkage isn't wimping out in "push mode"
or
Once the plane is so fuel soaked that it starts smoking if you leave it sitting n the sun.
Nice work moon pie..!!
I have had planes that could flat spin with so much momentum that opposite rudder alone wasn't enough to cancel the spin and getting the model to get the nose pointed down in order to fly out of the spin was difficult.
When nothing else works I'd have to accept a Frisbee Style landing in the tall grass.
Make sure your rudder linkage isn't wimping out in "push mode"
01-03-2023, 08:39 AM
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