Go Back  RCU Forums > RC Airplanes > Crash & Rebuild
Goodbye chipmunk >

Goodbye chipmunk

Community
Search
Notices
Crash & Rebuild Post your crash stories, pictures and if you want to document your rebuild you can do that here too!

Goodbye chipmunk

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 11-07-2002 | 09:09 PM
  #1  
Gary Arthur's Avatar
Thread Starter
My Feedback: (29)
 
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,436
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Hamilton, ON, CANADA
Default Goodbye chipmunk

I was flying my Super Chipmunk a few weeks ago at Rabbit Dry lake. It was acting funny, that when I turned left it would stay left. To correct it I would have to turn right just to get it to center again. It felt like a car with real bad steering. I thought I would go inverted then do a half loop and head back to the field, bad idea. When i did the half loop, the right aileron went full travel past the link rod due to a stripped gear. Needless to say, with the stripped gear it could not pull the aileron back. It kept spiraling and I could not get control even with full oposite aileron and elevator. I throttled back, gave it full up and just watched as it did the screw driver into the ground. It was not a good sound. The front of the fuse and the left wing were totaled. The right aileron was still stuck in the full up position with no damage to right wing. I removed the radio gear and left the carcass and 1/2 jug of fuel for anyone that wanted it. The fuel was no good to me in LA since I am from Canada. I was not going to take the fuel on Air Canada. The funny part to all of this is that I kept the plane at a friends place so when I visit LA I would have something to fly. My trips to LA were getting less frequent and I was considering whether or not to take the plane home or keep it in LA. The decision was made for me. I took the remnants home in a bag. lol!

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are On



Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.