Major bummer. My custom Big Low Stick went to that great airplane graveyard in the dirt. I had that plane for 15 years!!

My 16cc Kioritz converted to 21.2cc was running great. It turned 7500 rpm's with an APC 15x8 here at 4500' and 90 degrees. That was considerably more power than the 16cc had at sea level and I looked forward to the increased performance.

True to the numbers, the Stick was flying great. I was practicing Lomcevoks, and after coming out of the third one, I lost all radio control. Straight down at Mach 20 into the dirt from about 200 feet. The engine survived with nothing more than a trashed muffler, but the ignition system is junk, and of course there's not much left of the airplane. The bad thing is, everything checked out on the bench afterwards, so I don't know what caused the crash. This was only my second flight session here at my new location, so maybe I have some interference gremlins. Guess I need to go to a newer, FM radio system.

So now I'm looking at Hangar 9's new Ultra Stick 120 Lite . Have you guys seen the ads for this plane?? Looks like an ideal "knock around" plane for our gas conversions!!

Take care,
AV8TOR