Ok so over the winter I spent a lot of time building new birds for this year. Even built really nice pvc racks in the garage, to store them on so they wouldn't get any hangar rash. Well so much for that.

Couple of nights ago I have to get into the attic to put away some travel bags and a cooler. Access is via drop down stairs in the garage.

No biggy, drop the stairs being careful not to bump any of the birds wings that sit by the steps.

Climb the stairs, cooler in my hands, travel bags on my shoulder. Just as I get to the top of the stairs I hear the most awful racket behind and below me.

I look back and see one of the bag's straps had caught the wing of my Predator. This flipped the Predator off it's top perch.

It in turn, knocked the B-17 forward on it's stand, causing the main wing to clear the front of the stand. It dropped only to catch the horizontal stabilizer, which caused it to pivot the B-17 like a pendelum.

The B-17 swung into my Corsair sitting on the rack below it, driving it's tail feathers into the wall behind. The Corsair didn't go down with out a fight thou, it drove it's spinner into the B-17's belly.

While all this was going on, the Predator decided there wasn't enough havoc yet. It nose dived straight down into the left wing of my VQ P-38.

Just like a spear it imbedded itself, at the same time rolling the 38 into the nearby work bench, slamming the right cowling off one of the benches legs.

And then just for good measure, the secondary impact knocked the Predator loose and it fell over on the right wing of the P38, putting a big gash in that wing.

Meanwhile as the Predator was destroying the 38, it musta decided to try the old "Kill two birds with one stone" thing. One of the Predators wings clipped my Slow Stick, knocking it to the floor and breaking the motor mount off the fuselage.

I'm just standing on the steps the whole time just too shocked to move.

In the matter of seconds, I've managed to render five of my planes, four of which had yet to see a maiden, into crushed balsa/foam/covering.

Nother one of those "I should have stayed in bed" days.

Ouch !!! Sounds like something I'd do.

Oh, man, I almost feel sick for you. Know the feeling too well.

Hope they repair quickly, easily, and invisibly.....

J

I feel your pain BTDT...

I had too cringe just reading the description. Even worse than a crash doing what was intended, flying.

I hope they mend up well for you.

Now there's something you don't see every day.

I am really sorry about your disaster. I hope the damage is easily repairable. That is a really lousy thing to have happen.

Good luck with the rebuilds.

Sounds like one of those deals that's so unbelievable you don't even get mad. Like me a few weeks ago sawing a large tree limb with a pole cutter. Couldn't quite get the saw high enough but, hey....if I pull my truck up and stand on the tail gate ............ you know the rest. $1200 limb. Just shook my head. I think I heard the Verizon theme song going off somewhere.

OK, this is terrible.. But I have to admit I laughed. I am sorry. I am not trying to be an arse, it must be the way you wrote it. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, but I am being honest. At first I was was saying no-way.. no-waaayy, to myself. Then when I got to the part about the corsair not going down without a fight, I laughed out loud.

And I though I had bad luck. Truth is always stranger (and sadder) than fiction. You just can't make this kind of stuff up.

My deepest sympathies!

Thanks for letting us know. Anyone with this kind storage setup should take heed. I guess put the heaviest planes at the bottom and maybe some velcro or rubber bands between the pvc pipes to help stop any from getting knocked off.

Boy that has to be the biggest case of hangar rash I have ever heard of. Hope all gets well soon.

Murphy is laughing his butt off some where.
Sorry to hear that

Not to be rude or anything but are you by any chance a blonde? lol. Sorry could not help it.

Thanks for sharing

It sounds like a "Mega Hollywood disaster" you know the ones with a lot of "bangs and booms" ....but expressed in modelling terms....
Just feeling sorry for your disaster pal...Hope all goes better next time!
Regards
JR

What a mouse trap! I bet while it was happening everything was in slomo!

Sorry to hear about your bad luck, Murphys law it seems is in full effect around RC planes that are stored as well!