In this video there ia a super scale hellcat that had a rough life. It had so much detail including rivets but it died after its third flight. this shows that anything can happen in this hobby and you should limit yourself based on skill level. thanks for viewing and enjoy!
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Thats a bad start to a nice plane to be sure. But I bet its fixable.. I know a guy that lost a 12 foot wing B29 on the first flight.. and after he got over the initial disgust he put it back together.. and is still flying it now 5 years later.

Thanks for sharing the video.

Thanks for sharing. Both happy and sad stuff there. Best of luck on the rebuild it that is the course taken.

Coping my post from the warbird forum:


UGH.

And painful for me especially to watch.. this was my Hellcat at one time... I sold it to a fellow club member a few years ago. I had many, many flights on it.

So, it was originally framed up by Shawn McHale, a great builder and detailing guy. I bought it, not sure exactly if it had been flown... BUT, I changed the engine, reworked a bunch of things to my liking, did the air brushing and detailing to hide some of the small imperfections, added the fake motor.. and flew the heck out of it. The airframe did have a warp on one wing, but it flew great once properly trimmed.

The aircraft weighed in at 44 lbs or so.. not light! BUT - I never had any issue landing the plane.. full flap, and keep the nose down.. with a bit of power.. and it landed well for me. I assume the weight was still installed over the 5.8?

The plane was clocked at almost 120 mph on a dive with a 2 blade prop.. I then flew it with a 24-12 3 blade detailed up a bit. Helped slow it down a bit. It drew a lot of attention as it was fast, loud, and was finished in a unique color scheme.

Unfortunately, heavy metal warbirds can bite .. they don't float in like a lot of planes. you have to fly it down and flair.... It looks fixable to me as Peter said.... sorry for your loss...

This plane was featured in Fly RC magazine when they covered the Muncie Warbird event a few years ago.... get the glue out !!

This plane is fixable and is will hopefully be fixed this year. If i hear anything new I will let you all know. Thanks for the response