MightyMike
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I went out this week to try out my Mighty Mini Sportster with the Power-Pack F and on a 3 Cell … It is great
But while a low fly by it "slightly" touched the Ground
The result of this "high speed landing" was a realy compact plane with a detachable tail. Also the tail surfaces were a little bit loose and the power pod was broken.
All electronic parts were undamaged, just cleaned them and they were good to go.
Lukily the crack is right between the servos and the Receiver.I've just cleaned the edges and prepaired everithing for the surgury. Looking pretty bad, but she's still alive.
After reassembling the parts and joinig them with a bit of hotglue, I've reinforced the Bonding with fibrereinforced-packaging tape on the inside.
To reinforce the crack form outside I've applied some heavy paperboard covered with red insulating tape. That will also hide the crack a bit.
Also I've followed the advise of @Namactual and build a Tiny Trainer for relaxed flying, to have a backup plane that save my day when everything else goes wrong
Everything repaired and ready for action.
But while a low fly by it "slightly" touched the Ground
The result of this "high speed landing" was a realy compact plane with a detachable tail. Also the tail surfaces were a little bit loose and the power pod was broken.
All electronic parts were undamaged, just cleaned them and they were good to go.
Lukily the crack is right between the servos and the Receiver.I've just cleaned the edges and prepaired everithing for the surgury. Looking pretty bad, but she's still alive.
After reassembling the parts and joinig them with a bit of hotglue, I've reinforced the Bonding with fibrereinforced-packaging tape on the inside.
To reinforce the crack form outside I've applied some heavy paperboard covered with red insulating tape. That will also hide the crack a bit.
I usually bring a back up aircraft to fly just in case I do crash what I had planned to fly that day. The worst days are when you crash both, or more. There is nothing worse than finally getting that perfect day to fly and ending up owning a few less aircraft than you started with at the end of the day.
Also I've followed the advise of @Namactual and build a Tiny Trainer for relaxed flying, to have a backup plane that save my day when everything else goes wrong
Everything repaired and ready for action.
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