Failed builds, Bad Crashes....Post Pics

[bicyclemonkey]

The Dr. Pepper cowl reminds me of the cowl I made for my E-Starter out of a Miller Lite can.

 

[Jeffrey Saelee]

LMHO Funky chicken dance!!! And that doesn't just happen with fp....it happens with Cp too....and coax

 

[JohnnyArctic]

flying at low light, literally a silhouette against the sky, i lost orientation and slammed my sukhoi straight into the ground.. and i was quite a way away into the distance! was a great evening flying, but it literally broke my plane beyond repair.

 

[3DMad5]

I was out one not-so-fine afternoon, when all of a sudden and for no apparent reason, my ultra micro T-28 slammed, nose-first, into the ground. Check out the carnage:


I removed the electronics because I will be converting it to brushless.(evil grin here)

 

[ananas1301]

ouch! was it because of loss of connection or pilot failure? How come it nosed it?

 

[bicyclemonkey]

I removed the electronics because I will be converting it to brushless.(evil grin here)

Ok, It would be great to see a build thread of the brushless conversion.

 

[3DMad5]

ouch! was it because of loss of connection or pilot failure? How come it nosed it?

I have no idea what caused the crash, but i hope it doesn't happen again

 

[3DMad5]

Ok, It would be great to see a build thread of the brushless conversion.

I'll keep that in mind

 

[RCD]

This one crashed into a tree. Before and after

 

[colorex]

Troll-plane! LMAO!

 

[RCD]

lol, i guess it is!

 

[midnightsabotage]

My uncle is a professional pilot, and used to fly rc's about 14 years ago. I brought a couple planes to a family gathering and handed him my transmitter to see if he still had it....

Guess I found my answer, haha!


*note the big branch that actually impaled the fuselage*

 

[midnightsabotage]

Oh, and here's the after, all fixed:


Left the big hole in the fuselage. I'm calling it a speed hole. Makes the bipe go atleast 14% faster now.
Oh, and I let my uncle keep the rubber duck pilot. That little guy just isn't cut out for flight.
-Jeff

 

[midnightsabotage]

Crashed this guy for the first time on my birthday last year:


I then proceeded to fix and recrash it atleast 5 more times. It's currently in the hanger waiting patiently for me to bury into the ground again. It's probably a half pound heavier now from all the balsa reinforcement strips and epoxy
-Jeff

 

[RCD]

I'm surprised it broke the nose when you crashed it into the snow. :O

 

[midnightsabotage]

I'm surprised it broke the nose when you crashed it into the snow. :O

I fly on a frozen lake in the winter XD
There wasn't a whole lot of snow involved in that one!
-Jeff

 

[ananas1301]

Well, the first one doesn´t look to bad after your repairs!

I guess your dad will need some sim(ulator) time

 

[RCD]

Wow, that Pitts looks really nice!

 

[midnightsabotage]

I really enjoy the Pitts, think it was only $85 at HobbyKing too. Awesome flier once you get it setup nice. It replaced a destroyed Supercub in my hangar.
Oh and it had a few other crashes before that last one too, including a good impact with a police car. It's really hard for me to throw away an airframe when I have so any bottles of foam-safe ca & epoxy
-Jeff

 

[glydr]

My heli went in after 'tucking under' on the dive out of a big loop. sigh.

Photos to come.