Nigel R Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 "it only cost a tenner" mostly used at home, mostly not true Edited By Nigel R on 10/11/2017 09:24:59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 multi-point landing, i.e. a cartwheel tentpegging - often the result of an attempted spot landing but not always Edited By Bob Cotsford on 10/11/2017 09:41:42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Lomax Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 When I'm covering on the camp gate at the Nats, and it is somebody I know, then as I pass them a bin bag I've been known to say "... and a flexible opaque model box". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Or, as I say after a rather intidy landing, Often one of my own A one...two...three...four point landing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 It'll be OK once it's in the air"................................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Staynor Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Ooh -er! That looked more like a figure 9 not an 8! ........ do you need a bag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudsy Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Simplify and add lightness, Colin Chapman ,1954 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Colbourne Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Posted by Nigel R on 10/11/2017 09:24:33: "it only cost a tenner" mostly used at home, mostly not true Edited By Nigel R on 10/11/2017 09:24:59 That reminds me of, 'My biggest fear is that when I die, my wife will sell my models for what I told her I paid for them.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 The glue i used is 4 times stronger than the wood Why didn't you build it out of glue then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Colbourne Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 'The biggest single cause of model crashes is interference, and the biggest single source of that interference is the pilot'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetenor Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 No it's more often the guy at the pilot's elbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Member Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 [This posting has been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Rushton Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 "Don't let the model fly where it wants to go, fly it where you want it to go" "I lost my orientation" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 “ what happened there, then!”....well it lost altitude at terminal velocity. The debris speaks for itself ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiKid Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Amongst DLGers: "Launch height doesn't fix stupid". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Reynaud Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Posted by Peter Miller on 09/11/2017 18:19:19: It will look OK at 50 feet Similarly: : "You won't see it when it's flying" Very similar to my favourite "Stand a long way off scale." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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