crashed trainer
10-06-2004 | 07:42 PM
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RE: crashed trainer
WOAH,You don't see that every day!Look,the fuel tank even got puckered,or am i seeing things,Man,feel real bad for you on that one.Did the wing survive at all?Don't see it anywhere in the picture.
10-06-2004 | 08:27 PM
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From: Rawlins, WY
RE: crashed trainer
ooops, I made a mistake. My buddy reminded me that on that particular crash, the wing had folded up on him, and yes, that's the clunk on the ground there!
10-07-2004 | 08:15 AM
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From: RAWLINS, WY
RE: crashed trainer
Hi guys i am the buddy that crashed that plane the wings folded in the air right after pulling out of a dive .The only thing that i was able to save was the wheels that was a new os 46 fx on it . It was junk to . 
10-07-2004 | 01:29 PM
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RE: crashed trainer
The plane and engine had 9 flights on it this was the 9th . I think the wings folded from flying it a little harder than it was meant for like high speed dives .
10-11-2004 | 08:14 PM
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RE: crashed trainer
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The plane and engine had 9 flights on it this was the 9th . I think the wings folded from flying it a little harder than it was meant for like high speed dives .
The plane and engine had 9 flights on it this was the 9th . I think the wings folded from flying it a little harder than it was meant for like high speed dives .
The Avistar is one of my favorite planes, strong, and relatively easy to fly, but still does some fun stuff especially with a .46 engine. I was sorry to see your plane in pieces.
One day I was pylon racing mine when either the rubber bands or the wing dowels broke and the fuselage became a lawn dart, with pretty much the same results as yours. It took the wing about 2 minutes to flutter down. I was able to get a replacement fuse off of eBay. Several months later, I let a friend fly the "rebuilt" plane, who crashed it into a squirrel, fuse was pretty much toast again, but the wing survived. My friend rebuilt this and flies it from time to time. On other occasions, I've torn the ailerons off, ie the CA hinges tore, pulling up from a dive.
Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is that if your wings folded on an Avistar, well, perhaps you didn't have enough glue holding them together. If you happened to have bought the RTF version, well, I recommend gluing the wing halves together. IMHO, the Avistar wings are so strong, they won't fail unless they had been damaged previously, or not enough glue was used.
Hope you get back in the air quickly, and good luck!
10-11-2004 | 09:40 PM
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RE: crashed trainer
Had lots of glue it tore out the wing root and broke the wing jointer. This was just a cheap plane to play around with i have 5 other planes that are alot better than that one( was) so i am not going to fix it . I just wished that the engine would have lived .
