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Turbycat Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Lost my Black Horse Matrix last week. I thought the batt pack was secure, unfortunately the aeros I was doing proved I was wrong. Flicked from knife edge to opposite knife edge and ended up with a dead plane. No response at all. I'd had 5 very good flights with it during the day. Yes I'd left it at least 2 mistakes high. Luckily the new OS 91 Fx survived along with the servos, batt pack and reciever but the airframe, in usual artf style, was just so much confetti!! Not too chuffed about it but hey it's one of those things. I learnt to secure things much tighter if I'm going to do silly aeros! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Tried out some spins on a maiden ,would not come out of it. Tarmac is harder than balsa ! Ouch. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Anyone remember the LMC Red Arrow Hawk from the 80's. I think Peterborough Models then took on the kits, fiberglass fuz, foam wing, webra 60 pipe up front spent ages making it look the business, took off down the strip then something came out of the open tail pipe, it turned out to be the battery model lifted off smoothly rolled and performed a superb reversal from about 150ft straight into the deck. There were tears, and the discovery that 5 minute epoxy does not bond very well to unprepped fiberglass. That was one of I guess many over the years but that one still smarts even after all this time. Linds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 This is all that was left of my WOT4 after a mid-air Mrs BEB asked if it was repairable The funniest was the time I was maidening a model. Now when I build, like most I suppose, I put bits on, see how they look etc. I did this with the wheels - mmm, looks good, I'll tighten those grubscrews in the collets later when I have the allen keys out. You know what going to happen don't you? Yes, I take off on the maiden, 10 feet off the ground both wheels fall off in perfect sychronisation! Made the landing fun! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Really sorry to hear of the loss Hogster, but it does happen, no matter how clever we think we are, we do dumb things sometimes.....I neglected to fit the Tx aerial on the maiden. You just have to get straight back at it. Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt........ CheersDanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cantwell Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Is that your spit down at ashbourne Danny, ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Yes it is Alan and as you know, the other side of that ridge, where it came down, is concrete.....ah well...CheersDanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cantwell Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 hence the ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Lewis Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 We've all done it. Unfortunately its all part of the "fun". I consider myself quite lucky at having only written off 2 planes that i can remember apart from the usual dings here and there. One was a moonraker (similar to a wot 4), me and my dad got it after learning with different trainers (were talking about 15 odd years ago). It was too fast for us really and i managed to fly it out of range. Luckily it came down in someones front garden, i hate to imagine the damage it could have caused if it had hit something. Needless to say there wasn't much left of it.The other was a tiger shark delta a few years later. It was well flown so i thought i'd give it a revamp, spent ages sanding and repainting only on the re-maiden for one of the clevis' to come away from the elevon. Straight in from about 200', even the engine was in pieces. It was then i remembered i hadn't put a retaining nut on. You live and learn. Also had the wings come off a Wot 4 and a couple of mid airs, but all were repairable. Look at it as a learning curve, you can bet you'll never do the same again. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 hello hogsterso sorry to hear of your loss but on a brighter note,congratulations for it taking this long to have your 1st "bad experience"..i crashed 1st flight and few little ones since (luckily,minimal damage)...hope it doesnt put you off and perhaps it gives you a good reason to go out and buy a little plane like object you've had your eye on keep your chin upricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 one of our members phantom's been recycled.... ken anderson ne..1.. AA dept.Edited By ken anderson. on 30/01/2012 08:40:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Sorry to hear about the crash Hogster....as has been said it's all part of the deal...we all run out of ideas, airspeed & altitude at some point.... I lost two models in two flights....an aileron sevo died in my Pitts Special which sent it througth some trees & it came out as confetti...& then next flight my Sukhois wing folded & it went in like an exocet..... So, a Viking funeral for the Travel Air & console yoursel with a new model..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 first ever flight with a pico stick.took off straight into a loop and nose first into the deck.snapped the wing in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Here's the photo of the said Spit. It can be discouraging sometimes. I remember a while back, someone brought a first plane, then went in at full chat. Destroyed a brand new LA25, airframe and every servo in the plane. Pity he gave up, but that's what makes rc flying so interesting - there is always the danger, and sometimes good luck. Edited By Paul Marsh on 30/01/2012 10:14:27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogster Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thanks guys. You`ve helped put the whole thing in perspective. I`ll be getting another travel air asap and I`ll be practice flying inverted two mistakes high for awhile. Meanwhile I have a Decathlon/Citabria that needs some airtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It always hurts a bit when you damage a model after a crash or harder than expected arrival. I even wince when I crash on a flight simulator. Especially if I could have avoided it. I must have spent about a simulated £25k on wrecked models on my flight sim. Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Lost my Volador yesterday. Let it get a bit too low when inverted, bunted out of it a bit too tight, and the left wing parted company from the airframe... ah well, had a coffee in the clubhouse (and accompanying post-mortem with clubmates), then went out and had a flight with my GWS FW 190. These things happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger 2 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Giving a friend a quick go on an electric glider.... on take..... off full chat.. the climb out was too steep gave lots of down !... Would have helped if I had the correct model selected on the tx, the elevator was reversed. A wonderfull tight loop over my head and the fuz ended up embedded in the ground pointy bit first ....Oh hum ! Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Flyer Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Exceeded the VNE at approx 1200' on a 2.8 metre , £450 electric glider.Watched as the wings clapped and floated away, and the fuz descended at terminal velocity, hitting a concrete solid, recently harvested corn field about 400yds away.Only salvageable item from the fuz was the fin and one prop blade! Motor, ESC, and all servos were totalled.Never did find one of the wings.Hey ho! Edited By Devon Flyer on 31/01/2012 17:06:09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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