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Old 11-06-2005, 10:07 PM
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Default Flying lawn mower crash/video

Went in on the second flight.. http://home.dc.rr.com/maurie/MowerSplat.wmv
Old 11-06-2005, 11:16 PM
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Nice Video.
Old 11-06-2005, 11:52 PM
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It was cool while it lasted, thanks for sharing.

FBD.
Old 11-06-2005, 11:58 PM
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Did one of the elevons fail?
Old 11-07-2005, 12:58 AM
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Default RE: Flying lawn mower crash/video

Nice video. Its weird to see a flying lawn mower, but its super weird to see it in CA
Old 11-07-2005, 05:40 PM
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looked like he stalled it and kept up the elevator hmm seen it done before !!!
nice vid... is he gonna rebuild it??
Old 11-07-2005, 05:57 PM
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made a nice big BOOM!
Old 11-07-2005, 10:40 PM
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Default RE: Flying lawn mower crash/video

It's a bird,It's a lane, it's a lawnmower?


Old 11-08-2005, 09:41 AM
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Default RE: Flying lawn mower crash/video

Hi CrashPro....Sorry for your crash. I have a flying lawnmower also. Of my own design. Made from CoroPlast. It looked to me that yours was a little too sensitive in pitch. On my mower that means tail heavy. Hard to control. Another thing: On mine, a critical and very important adjustment is making certain that the handle cross bar has negative incidence. Please appreciate that my input is based on my mower, not yours. I have build plans and photos of mine posted in the S.P.A.D. forum.
Old 11-08-2005, 10:08 AM
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Thanks for the info villa......will pass it on to the owner of the mower...I don't know if he's gonna rebuild it or not.
Old 12-13-2005, 11:58 PM
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My guess is that it stalled, and not having any real wings, was unable to recover. Yes I do know how they are built witht he lifting body type idea.
Old 12-16-2005, 01:18 PM
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Looked underpowered, firewalled the whole flight?

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