Hai-Lee
Old and Bold RC PILOT
I have 2 crashes to describe, (sorry no Photos), the first was a case of severe brain fade when I took out my Ugly stick, plugged in the Ailerons and flaps, fitted the wing and a flight battery. Did a quick control surface dance listening for the servos as all of this time I was almost trying to answer the usual twenty questions of a newbie at our local club. Anyway I taxied out, opened the throttle and took off. Immediately it started a slow bank/roll to the right and nothing I could do was able to stop it. It climbed to about 20 metres as it slowly circled back towards a line of trees wherein it parked itself. After getting it down I found that I had plugged the aileron lead into the Rx incorrectly and so I had no ailerons. Anyway I refitted the aileron lead Properly, did a quick inspection and took off properly this time. ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE TO THE PLANE, my ego was the only casualty!
Second crash was with a Bixler 1.1 Clone which has been flying uneventfully for almost a year. I started by doing the usual climb and glide flying and got rather bored so I started chasing some of the faster planes in the sky and doing some extreme acrobatics. I performed a vertical, (full power), dive and an extreme "G" pull out without an issue and resumed chasing the plane I had just dived on. I threw it into a banked turn and suddenly the right wing just left the plane followed by a quick roll to the right and the left wing's departure. This was all done at full throttle and at height. Needless to say it landed quickly, (vertically). The wing foam has started to soften and the wings were not held in as well as they were when the model was new. It was repaired and flying the following day and now has velcro holding the wings together when inserted into the fuselage,
2 crashes one due to poor preflight and the other due to complacency. Even experienced pilots bite the turf occasionally!
Have fun!
Second crash was with a Bixler 1.1 Clone which has been flying uneventfully for almost a year. I started by doing the usual climb and glide flying and got rather bored so I started chasing some of the faster planes in the sky and doing some extreme acrobatics. I performed a vertical, (full power), dive and an extreme "G" pull out without an issue and resumed chasing the plane I had just dived on. I threw it into a banked turn and suddenly the right wing just left the plane followed by a quick roll to the right and the left wing's departure. This was all done at full throttle and at height. Needless to say it landed quickly, (vertically). The wing foam has started to soften and the wings were not held in as well as they were when the model was new. It was repaired and flying the following day and now has velcro holding the wings together when inserted into the fuselage,
2 crashes one due to poor preflight and the other due to complacency. Even experienced pilots bite the turf occasionally!
Have fun!