Best Crash Excuses
11-26-2010, 02:39 AM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
At a large jet rally with 5 or 6 models in the air the pilot (my mate) asks the observer (me) ...ahh, .... which one is mine?[
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11-26-2010, 05:11 AM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
Best crash/excuse I have used wasn't actually related to crashing a model but driving my car to a jet meet!
Back in the 90's I was queueing in my car to enter a model meet. It was stop/start traffic and a long line of cars. Anyway we pulled off and out of the corner of my eye I saw the models being flown and was looking at them. Didn't notice the line of cars had stopped and promptly drove into the back of the car in front. Problem was it was a vintage Jaguar as the airfiled also had a car rally on it that day. To say the owner of the Jag was unhappy would be a bit of an under statement.
Funny thing is, the car behind me also hit my rear so I wasn't the only plonker!
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Back in the 90's I was queueing in my car to enter a model meet. It was stop/start traffic and a long line of cars. Anyway we pulled off and out of the corner of my eye I saw the models being flown and was looking at them. Didn't notice the line of cars had stopped and promptly drove into the back of the car in front. Problem was it was a vintage Jaguar as the airfiled also had a car rally on it that day. To say the owner of the Jag was unhappy would be a bit of an under statement.
Funny thing is, the car behind me also hit my rear so I wasn't the only plonker!
Confession is good for the soul
11-26-2010, 07:34 AM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
My favourite was "He hadn't installed the UAT properly" after putting full down in after a bounce and stuffing the model into the ground 
11-26-2010, 08:57 AM
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The model succumbed to terminal hangar rash having been on the building board for 6 years.
I sat on it whilst drunk.
The model succumbed to terminal hangar rash having been on the building board for 6 years.
I sat on it whilst drunk.
11-26-2010, 10:06 AM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
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My favourite was "He hadn't installed the UAT properly" after putting full down in after a bounce and stuffing the model into the ground
My favourite was "He hadn't installed the UAT properly" after putting full down in after a bounce and stuffing the model into the ground
11-26-2010, 10:22 AM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
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My favourite was ''He hadn't installed the UAT properly'' after putting full down in after a bounce and stuffing the model into the ground
My favourite was ''He hadn't installed the UAT properly'' after putting full down in after a bounce and stuffing the model into the ground
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11-26-2010, 10:27 AM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
Where's your video camera? I thought we was making a You Tube video!
Did you see that bird?
I need my eBay "fix" anyhow!
It wasn't suppose to be a windy day!
Top that one!
Now I can fit it in the car easier!
Did you see that bird?
I need my eBay "fix" anyhow!
It wasn't suppose to be a windy day!
Top that one!
Now I can fit it in the car easier!
11-26-2010, 11:06 AM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
Rarely explained, totally random and unpredictable, gravity surges account for a lot of crashes in the state of PA... Thay have the capacity to suck model airplanes out of the air, and crush them against the ground.
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11-26-2010, 11:50 AM
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I ZIGGED WHEN I SHOULD HAVE ZAGGED ( FIRST TIME I CRASHED WITH MY NEW INSTRUCTOR20 YEARS AGO ! ) HE GOT A KICK OUT OF THAT ONE- TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR PILOT ERROR WHEN YOU GET REAL GOOD AT FLYING RC-YOU ONLY CRASH SOMETIMES ALWAYS KEEP FLYING THE PLANE ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND THAT WILL OFTEN PREVENT A LOT OF EXCESSIVE DAMAGE OFTEN YOU CAN PREVENT A NOSE IN CRASHDO PULL UP BEFORE IMPACT SKIMMIMNG THE GROUND OR TALL GRASSES CAN PREVENT A LOT OF DAMAGE CLOSE DOWN THE THROTTLE TO PREVENT DIRT FROM GETTING INTO A GLO ENGINE HELPS IF YOU CAN THINK THAT FAST BEST REGARDS TONY
I ZIGGED WHEN I SHOULD HAVE ZAGGED ( FIRST TIME I CRASHED WITH MY NEW INSTRUCTOR20 YEARS AGO ! ) HE GOT A KICK OUT OF THAT ONE- TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR PILOT ERROR WHEN YOU GET REAL GOOD AT FLYING RC-YOU ONLY CRASH SOMETIMES ALWAYS KEEP FLYING THE PLANE ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND THAT WILL OFTEN PREVENT A LOT OF EXCESSIVE DAMAGE OFTEN YOU CAN PREVENT A NOSE IN CRASHDO PULL UP BEFORE IMPACT SKIMMIMNG THE GROUND OR TALL GRASSES CAN PREVENT A LOT OF DAMAGE CLOSE DOWN THE THROTTLE TO PREVENT DIRT FROM GETTING INTO A GLO ENGINE HELPS IF YOU CAN THINK THAT FAST BEST REGARDS TONY
11-26-2010, 01:10 PM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
some what embarrassing but true. The plane knocked the transmitter out of my hand. I was flying a stryker at a friend of mine and he ran straight for me then ducked.......All I could do is pull straight back as the plane wing clipped the antenna and barrel rolled in to the street. What is the lesson learned? Dont drink and fly! This would have been a most funniest videos if we caught it on film. FYI. I did this to him because he just hit me with a plane prior to it. Foam does hurt!
11-26-2010, 04:30 PM
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RE: Best Crash Excuses
[the scene];
Four planes up high, all similar in appearance. Three of them are near to center, one is heading far to the left.
The pilot of the one going far left is staring straight forward, thinking one of those is his.
Another non-flyer notifies him of this by saying "Gene, yours is over there"!!!!
[pilot's response];
"I wondered why it wasn't responding."
- - - - - - - - - - - -
[the scene];
Our club's best & most experienced flier, able to easily do more maneuvers inverted than most flyers can do upright. He's flying inverted very close to the deck, and had made several passes. On the (last) pass, he gives up elevator & promptly piles it into the ground (several different times).
[pilot's response(s), as he calmly turns around];
"Did I do that?"
"Did anybody see that?"
Maybe 'up' really is 'down'.
Four planes up high, all similar in appearance. Three of them are near to center, one is heading far to the left.
The pilot of the one going far left is staring straight forward, thinking one of those is his.
Another non-flyer notifies him of this by saying "Gene, yours is over there"!!!!
[pilot's response];
"I wondered why it wasn't responding."
- - - - - - - - - - - -
[the scene];
Our club's best & most experienced flier, able to easily do more maneuvers inverted than most flyers can do upright. He's flying inverted very close to the deck, and had made several passes. On the (last) pass, he gives up elevator & promptly piles it into the ground (several different times).
[pilot's response(s), as he calmly turns around];
"Did I do that?"
"Did anybody see that?"
Maybe 'up' really is 'down'.