Failed builds, Bad Crashes....Post Pics

[RedRanger]

I am a master builder........only because I can't fly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kywVRzb3G7w

 

[Aikon1977]

Crashes? There were lots of them...

Here is an example of what can happen to a heli if you don't care enough about your antenna (thought it was enough distance between tail rotor and antenna):



...but that was a great chance to rebuild it and now it flies very well (but without the 35mHz antenna and the brushed motor ;-) )

Gregor

 

[DejaD]

You show them foam planes who's boss!

 

[ilovefpv]

Here's mine - wingfailure on a HK Kinetic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qn-lwx8LM

 

[jetpackninja]

Lawn Dart

Testing a new wing design for a friend. High G loops and full speed dives with last second pullouts trying to induce some wing flex.
If you decide to do this kind of thing, don't trust just two rubberbands to hold the wing in place. Wish I had captured this one on video

Awesome thing is I was able to straighten the motor mount, put on a new prop and extreme tape the joiner section by the tail and continue testing and fly out serveral battey packs

 

[colorex]

Nice chunk of grass!

 

[JimCR120]

Prop savers are good but they're not 100% foolproof. I've never gone through so many props as I have this year (Funbat was not as fun as was hoped). My currently build underway is a wing which should be a little more forgiving. We'll see.

 

[colorex]

Prop savers are good but they're not 100% foolproof. I've never gone through so many props as I have this year (Funbat was not as fun as was hoped). My currently build underway is a wing which should be a little more forgiving. We'll see.

Combine a Bixler (must be inverted flying backwards to break the prop according to Josh Scott) with a prop saver and you have a 100% foolproof propeller.

 

[JimCR120]

Combine a Bixler (must be inverted flying backwards to break the prop according to Josh Scott) with a prop saver and you have a 100% foolproof propeller.

I don't know if anything is foolproof. Every time we think we've made something foolproof, nature provides us with better fools.

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Before, CMP 63" PT-19.



After:



This is what happens when you snap roll a PT-19. It went into a death spiral after the third snap roll and I was too low to recover.

 

[ananas1301]

Ouch, that must be painful.

I can´t imagine how much I would freak out, if I´d break a basla model.

You know, foam is easily repairable and if not its rebuildable out of depron. So you can crash of you want to (I don´t recommend it though ;D)

But repairing balsa models is soooooooooooo expensive and time taking! I´ve never flown a full balsa model before but I know that if I want to get one I need to get better at my flying skills, otherwise its just not worth the money.

Are you going to rebuild/rebuy it?

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Are you going to rebuild/rebuy it?

They had them on sale for $99 so I just replaced the airframe. Everything else except the motor was still usable. I used a motor from another crashed plane and I was back in the air lol.

 

[chambo88]

Like the Fiberglass Fox? LMAO LOL LOL LOL

you know whats funny and shocking is that the fuse wasnt a crumpled mess.. nice design hk..

 

[FlyingMonkey]

while we're talking about failed designs...

 

[Jeffrey Saelee]

Haha, sorry I didnt name it just "failed builds" or something, Fred....

 

[pgerts]

Will this picture fit into the crash category?

Or must it be a total disintegration?

This one is an "almost" - only resulting in a broken prop.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Haha, sorry I didnt name it just "failed builds" or something, Fred....

There was a crash at the end of the video!

 

[Jeffrey Saelee]

lol, true. And most failed builds result in a crash

 

[colorex]

pgerts, you have the coolest pictures!

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Started like this:

Ended up like this:

I flew it right between me and the sun and by the time I could see again it was headed straight down at full throttle. Amazingly, the main wings were 100% unharmed...