Post your Crash & Rebuild/Fix!

[patkoz]

Hey,

I've been lurkering on the site for a few months now and I wanted to post the Crash & Rebuild I had on my Flyzone DHC-2 Beaver.

Had a good flight, lost power on my remote, and lost the plane into some nasty wind. The video I have doens't show the crash and the plane went down on a hill and I lost the view.

The worst part was the firewall being ripped apart. I had my neighbour remake me new ones from really light and strong plastic. If anyone has a Flyzone DHC-2 Beaver with a broken firewall I'm more then happy to send you a new one. I have 4-5 extra ones.

The SUV picture has all the parts from the plane when I picked it up. The Fuselage was ripped a part.

Just used some glue and tooth picks to rebuild. Pretty happy on the cost of the rebuild. New Prop and Glue was all I spent. Saved me 90 bucks getting a new fuselage.

 

[JohnC]

Learning to Restore

What sort of glue did you use?

I just crashed my Radian Pro on it's third flight day. I was on a Slope and it went over the top just before a landing attempt and dropped into the reverse slope (which was a bowl with lower hill behind). I tried to recover with throttle up, killed the crow, and got confused and looped twice before it disappeared for the third and final time.

I'm writing a blog called 'Learning to Fly'. But I'll have to devote a few posts to 'Learning to do an excellent rebuild'.



The Radian is a beautiful plane (out of the box) and I've recently had some experience with Scotch 77 spray adhesive as I built a Zagi HP. So I'm going to try to do a restoration, and get the Radian Pro back to as close as I can to brand new.

See below for my blog (it's on the Flite Test website).

 

[patkoz]

Hey,

I used the gorilla glue (for wood). It expands when dry's so it helps hold everything in place. I also started using toothpicks to help hold things tight and straight if I cant clamp it with my small plastic clamps. I had a little of chunks break off that I just glued and toothpick together.

The plan looks great and you cant tell it was broken unless you really look for it.

 

[Mathew]

Bix3 went up over and smash

So hot glue and bbq sticks came out.

 

[kacknor]

Well. There was this 'Lawn Dart' incident involving a failed HTX900 servo at about 175 feet...


Just kidding. this F22 was DONE.

I did have this hard landing incident on a scratch build Mini-Sportster that I not only managed to repair, but improved the design enough that when it finally was retired, I had to work hard to get the gear back. Really. I could grab the gear and re-position it without regard to foam damage.

This is how it looked on the bench after the landing...


The results were published here: http://flitetest.com/articles/mini-sportster-landing-gear-repair-and-mod

JD

Admitting to the blatant plug opportunity advantage taking...

 

[HilldaFlyer]

Well. There was this 'Lawn Dart' incident involving a failed HTX900 servo at about 175 feet...

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Just kidding. this F22 was DONE.

I respectfully disagree with your assessment.

These remains were joined with not just 1, but 3 new fuselage sections. That's before I wised up and moved the battery back to right behind the cockpit. Then it started flying right!
Cheers! David

 

[JohnRambozo]

I had a little accident with my Spitfire, once. (okay it was more than once)

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[kacknor]

I respectfully disagree with your assessment.


These remains were joined with not just 1, but 3 new fuselage sections. That's before I wised up and moved the battery back to right behind the cockpit. Then it started flying right!
Cheers! David

You are correct. I really didn't like the way it flew, and didn't manage to get the balance right before the right elevon locked up and it corkscrewed. I admit I wanted the electronics for other stuff and just used the damage as an excuse! I regret a bit, but not enough to build another and make it fly right.

Yet

JD

 

[HilldaFlyer]

You are correct. I really didn't like the way it flew, and didn't manage to get the balance right before the right elevon locked up and it corkscrewed. I admit I wanted the electronics for other stuff and just used the damage as an excuse! I regret a bit, but not enough to build another and make it fly right.

Yet

JD

Get the CG right and it flies like a dream!

I haven't put a 2200 kv motor on the FT-22, but I have for the FT-18. When balanced and full of power... these are really a lot of fun to fly. In a bit I'll post photos of the second FT-22 resurrections - yes, plural. It died several times.... and like Timex. takes a liking and keeps on ticking.

 

[kacknor]

Get the CG right and it flies like a dream!

I haven't put a 2200 kv motor on the FT-22, but I have for the FT-18. When balanced and full of power... these are really a lot of fun to fly. In a bit I'll post photos of the second FT-22 resurrections - yes, plural. It died several times.... and like Timex. takes a liking and keeps on ticking.

I don't remember exactly what motor I had on it. Some 22xx gold thing from someplace, likely HobbyKing or a sale thing form Ready Made RC, 1100 KV. I still have it in the spares box. It flew OK, could have used 1400 KV. It was real twitchy as out of balance planes are. I figured I could fix that, but it also rocked side to side as air spilled over the edges of the wing. Maybe it was warped or had a twist. I built it pretty fast in a manic moment. I've been known to do that.

JD

 

[ViperTech]

I have one, this is my one sheet foam board plane. I call it the 1SBB (1 sheeter Bush Beater). First flight of 2015 and all was well.
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I was coming in to land but was too high so I went around 1 more time and HELLO LIGHT POLE!
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Man that was a hard hit!
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2 hours on the bench and all is well......
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Here is the edited flight including the crash with a little slow motion of the impact. Maybe not the best video but still fun to see the crash! Have a laugh at my expense