My dad always told me
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Well, My father always told me that if I was gonna do something to make sure I do it correctly
Would you say I destroyed this Cap correctly? I thought I did but there are some big pieces left. This was a Cap232-120 from Kangke with a Roto35Vi. Pilot error all the way. Was about 50 foot off the deck and very slightly climbing, just gaining airspeed and decided to go into a tumble. so I added full right rudder, full down elvator, the tail came up into the veritcal and stopped. I jumped off the rudder and elevator to get airspeed back and as soon as I went to give it elevator again, it snapped because I got really stupid and gave it too much, I got the rotation stopped just long enough to get it pointed right at the ground and in she went, full throttle...
So now I have a Roto35Vi that will turn a 20X8 prop at 6600 and I need suggestions for a new home for it, Aerobatic is a must, 3D would be nice but not required and any and all suggestions will help. BTW this was the fourth flight of the day and about the 25th for the plane and the pilot (me) got too cockey so as I said, completely pilot error. We are in the process of stripping it so I need to test the electronics yet. The engine looks OK but I'm sending it to have it looked at but the ignition box has a huge dent in it. The servos are Hitech 5945's I do hope they survived
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Would you say I destroyed this Cap correctly? I thought I did but there are some big pieces left. This was a Cap232-120 from Kangke with a Roto35Vi. Pilot error all the way. Was about 50 foot off the deck and very slightly climbing, just gaining airspeed and decided to go into a tumble. so I added full right rudder, full down elvator, the tail came up into the veritcal and stopped. I jumped off the rudder and elevator to get airspeed back and as soon as I went to give it elevator again, it snapped because I got really stupid and gave it too much, I got the rotation stopped just long enough to get it pointed right at the ground and in she went, full throttle...
So now I have a Roto35Vi that will turn a 20X8 prop at 6600 and I need suggestions for a new home for it, Aerobatic is a must, 3D would be nice but not required and any and all suggestions will help. BTW this was the fourth flight of the day and about the 25th for the plane and the pilot (me) got too cockey so as I said, completely pilot error. We are in the process of stripping it so I need to test the electronics yet. The engine looks OK but I'm sending it to have it looked at but the ignition box has a huge dent in it. The servos are Hitech 5945's I do hope they survived
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Wise move on your part to take a picture before a maiden flight which is something I always do as once in a while, they just don't fly. It's been a long time since I crashed something (now it's going to happen for sure) but I always take a couple of photos on a plane I haven't yet flown just for memories sake in case things go South.
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I guess the bad air traveled from Jersey to PA. I crashed my baby modeltech extra 300 today , and all do to dumb thumbs. No offense but you made my day posting your crash. Although I have rebuilt mine 3 times maybe going for a 4th time, todays crash didn't even phase me I picked up the pieces and threw some servos into my converted flat winged trainer and took off to the sky.
Sorry for the loss, I hope the next one will bring you better days.
RCF esq.
Sorry for the loss, I hope the next one will bring you better days.
RCF esq.
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Thanks everyone.
Beleive it or not it didn't hurt all that much. After we picked up all the little pieces I sat down for about 10 minutes, got up and maidened my CG Sukhoi with a YS140 Sport in it...
Although it was allot of money there is no use getting really upset since the blame squarely falls to me. I yelled at my thumbs for 5 minutes of the ten minutes I sat down. They just curled up and tried to hide
I have already checked the electronics and all seems fine but I am sending the engine into RCShowcase to have a look since the ignition box was bent pretty bad. Engine has compression but the spinner was fairly crushed on one side and one blade of the prop was fairly destroyed and the other blade was split right down the middle of the blade from what was left of the tip all the way to the hub. The best I can tell is the plane went fairly straight in vertically but since it was over a dropoff I could not see the impact, probably better that way anyway as the sound was rather a loud thump [X(]
BTW, I wasn't the only one to lose a plane today and there were allot of close calls at the field but I got the award for the most amount of pieces coming off the plane
Beleive it or not it didn't hurt all that much. After we picked up all the little pieces I sat down for about 10 minutes, got up and maidened my CG Sukhoi with a YS140 Sport in it...
Although it was allot of money there is no use getting really upset since the blame squarely falls to me. I yelled at my thumbs for 5 minutes of the ten minutes I sat down. They just curled up and tried to hide
I have already checked the electronics and all seems fine but I am sending the engine into RCShowcase to have a look since the ignition box was bent pretty bad. Engine has compression but the spinner was fairly crushed on one side and one blade of the prop was fairly destroyed and the other blade was split right down the middle of the blade from what was left of the tip all the way to the hub. The best I can tell is the plane went fairly straight in vertically but since it was over a dropoff I could not see the impact, probably better that way anyway as the sound was rather a loud thump [X(]
BTW, I wasn't the only one to lose a plane today and there were allot of close calls at the field but I got the award for the most amount of pieces coming off the plane
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Gentlemen, I believe we have a candidate for a score of 10.... (depending on electronics check&motor)
Dang... sure did look nice before though...
Gentlemen, I believe we have a candidate for a score of 10.... (depending on electronics check&motor)
Dang... sure did look nice before though...
It sure did fly as good as it looked. Thing would tumble and tumble and tumble but as you see I tried to tumble it once to many times with too little airspeed My thumbs are still trying to hide from me which makes typing really hard to do
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So now I have a Roto35Vi that will turn a 20X8 prop at 6600 and I need suggestions for a new home for it, Aerobatic is a must, 3D would be nice but not required and any and all suggestions will help.
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Hi Bill,
I don't know if your dad would be proud but you certainly were thorough!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the prang it was a great looking model.
Cheers,
Colin
I don't know if your dad would be proud but you certainly were thorough!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the prang it was a great looking model.
Cheers,
Colin
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hey ,, sorry to see a good lookin plane like that go down , are you gonna rebuild her? it doesnt look so bad really , under all the solar film tatters..
get it put back together
Rick
get it put back together
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Have you ever flown an ultimate bipe? I bought a used Direct Connection ultimate a few months back and it is the best plane I have ever flown. It will do anything you can throw at it. It is one of those planes that is way beyond my skill level but it flies as gentle as a trainer also.I love it.
So now I have a Roto35Vi that will turn a 20X8 prop at 6600 and I need suggestions for a new home for it, Aerobatic is a must, 3D would be nice but not required and any and all suggestions will help.
Acam,
Yep, love the Ultimate series. I had a Carl Goldberg last year with a YS110 in it and I have a new still in the box Wildhare Ultimate. Now all I need is a DA50 for it
Ultimates just love to flat spin and tumble and anything that calls for the Ultimate to rotate around the pitch/yaw axis just get more violent the longer you let it go [X(]
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hey ,, sorry to see a good lookin plane like that go down , are you gonna rebuild her? it doesnt look so bad really , under all the solar film tatters..
get it put back together
Rick
hey ,, sorry to see a good lookin plane like that go down , are you gonna rebuild her? it doesnt look so bad really , under all the solar film tatters..
get it put back together
Rick
Normally I would rebuild but this one was to far gone. Way too many little pieces for my liking. Besides it's already stripped and in the trash can.
Don't worry, I got right back into the air 10 minutes later and did a maiden on my 2nd CG Sukhoi using a YS140 Sport. I have another using a G26 gas from RCINGTIONS. Guess I was just a gluton for punishment
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hey man looks like mike dooley with had two rotos to fix. i crashed my ege this weekend. my suggestion is a wildhare edge540 or a yak!
this is my powerlinehobbies.com edge540
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hey man looks like mike dooley with had two rotos to fix. i crashed my ege this weekend. my suggestion is a wildhare edge540 or a yak!
this is my powerlinehobbies.com edge540
hey man looks like mike dooley with had two rotos to fix. i crashed my ege this weekend. my suggestion is a wildhare edge540 or a yak!
this is my powerlinehobbies.com edge540
Yep. I just got the RMA from him a little bit ago. Is that the Edge you had the Roto in? Nice looking plane I thought of the WH Edge but thought it would be a little lacking
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Should have put it on P I F first class crash[&o] To bad it happens to all of us but never let on that it doen't bother you.
Should have put it on P I F first class crash[&o] To bad it happens to all of us but never let on that it doen't bother you.
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Bubba
Should have put it on P I F first class crash[&o] To bad it happens to all of us but never let on that it doen't bother you.
Bubba
Should have put it on P I F first class crash[&o] To bad it happens to all of us but never let on that it doen't bother you.
It did bother me to a degree. But since I'm the one that got stupid what really bothered me the most was not listening to my instincts when they told me that I was not in the proper position to attempt the tumble.
Colin
I don't know if your dad would be proud but you certainly were thorough!!!!!!!!!!!
no problem on the prang...I do have a sense of humor about it. It's done and there is nothing I can do about it except fly again which is exactly what I did. Shook like I was on my first solo, but I went right back up. 2 flights later I finally settled down
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Remenents of well used aircraft. Local pick up please
I had a P 51 fly away last year and when we found the crash we never found all the parts just anough to no it was my plane[] as they say never fall in love with your plane, just like a wife it can leave any time
I had a P 51 fly away last year and when we found the crash we never found all the parts just anough to no it was my plane[] as they say never fall in love with your plane, just like a wife it can leave any time
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Remenents of well used aircraft. Local pick up please
I had a P 51 fly away last year and when we found the crash we never found all the parts just anough to no it was my plane[] as they say never fall in love with your plane, just like a wife it can leave any time
Remenents of well used aircraft. Local pick up please
I had a P 51 fly away last year and when we found the crash we never found all the parts just anough to no it was my plane[] as they say never fall in love with your plane, just like a wife it can leave any time
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Funny posts. Getting back to the first post, I could of had that plane fit in a plastic shopping bag the way I crash. If you'll know what I mean lol.
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Gosh Bubba, maybe a little more time with a trainer and this wouldn't have happened. What ya think?
Gosh Bubba, maybe a little more time with a trainer and this wouldn't have happened. What ya think?
Funny posts. Getting back to the first post, I could of had that plane fit in a plastic shopping bag the way I crash. If you'll know what I mean lol.
By no means am I proud of it, but as I said before, I screwed up, so laughing it off and getting a the little ribbing in here and from Dad is actually very theraputic.
I will be on and off over the next few days so keep it coming, I'll need the laugh