I've seen a couple folks like @wilmracer keep just the tail sections of planes mounted on their workshop walls as trophys too!
Yup! Sometimes that is all that's left ;-)
How Do You Retire Your Planes?
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Yup! Sometimes that is all that's left ;-)
To elaborate a bit, I cut the tail section off of any "nice" plane that I kill (or something else if the tail can't be salvaged). I fabricate a picture style hook and write the relevant dates and details on a card inside the tail so I can go back and remember when I built it and how I killed it 
. Then it goes up on the "wall of shame". It is a nice display/conversation piece when people ask me "You're not going to fly THAT, are you?". They all go in eventually.
Right now on the wall I know I have the tails from my Sbach 342, my ORACLE Pitts Challenger, the Nerdnic nnP-38, a pair of mustangs (one of which was a cartoon mustang), and a P-47 tail. I also have the glued-back-together propeller from when I ran the P-40 into a fence on a maiden flight attempt. I need to retire a few more this winter and the old F-18 and F-16s may get the same treatment.
I only have two models I've retired that weren't heavily crashed and both of those are hung up by wires in the shop. They aren't pretty, but one was my first aileron warbird (OLD eflite P-47 from the geared, brushed motor days) and a Tigermoth I built for my wife.
. Then it goes up on the "wall of shame". It is a nice display/conversation piece when people ask me "You're not going to fly THAT, are you?". They all go in eventually. Right now on the wall I know I have the tails from my Sbach 342, my ORACLE Pitts Challenger, the Nerdnic nnP-38, a pair of mustangs (one of which was a cartoon mustang), and a P-47 tail. I also have the glued-back-together propeller from when I ran the P-40 into a fence on a maiden flight attempt. I need to retire a few more this winter and the old F-18 and F-16s may get the same treatment.
I only have two models I've retired that weren't heavily crashed and both of those are hung up by wires in the shop. They aren't pretty, but one was my first aileron warbird (OLD eflite P-47 from the geared, brushed motor days) and a Tigermoth I built for my wife.
BATTLEAXE
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That's cool, like the rack of a deer as a trophy hunt, could make a mounting plaque out of FB for realism. The Great White Plane Hunter
Captain Video
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I just check the plane's "organ donor" card and then "donate" the parts (organs) to other planes as they are built to give them life as well.
speedbirdted
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I've seen a couple folks like @wilmracer keep just the tail sections of planes mounted on their workshop walls as trophys too!
I've done that a few times. Usually after piledriving it into the ground because the tail is the prettiest part then
I ended up cutting up my first Sea Duck, removing the electronics, and rebuilding it into a new Sea Duck, but several others have been "retired" in rather spectacular fashion - my Mustang went down in a blaze of paintballs, as our club pulls out the guns to shoot up planes on a quarterly basis. Everyone who wants to shoot pays $5 for the paintballs and gas, and others zip by with planes for people to shoot.
My last Versa Wing went down via an AWESOME midair - we were full throttle in combat, and I made an audible collision, tearing into him and completely trashing my motor mount and breaking the prop. I managed to glide out of it and land, but she flew no more after that!!!
My last Versa Wing went down via an AWESOME midair - we were full throttle in combat, and I made an audible collision, tearing into him and completely trashing my motor mount and breaking the prop. I managed to glide out of it and land, but she flew no more after that!!!
Bricks
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To elaborate a bit, I cut the tail section off of any "nice" plane that I kill (or something else if the tail can't be salvaged). I fabricate a picture style hook and write the relevant dates and details on a card inside the tail so I can go back and remember when I built it and how I killed it
Right now on the wall I know I have the tails from my Sbach 342, my ORACLE Pitts Challenger, the Nerdnic nnP-38, a pair of mustangs (one of which was a cartoon mustang), and a P-47 tail. I also have the glued-back-together propeller from when I ran the P-40 into a fence on a maiden flight attempt. I need to retire a few more this winter and the old F-18 and F-16s may get the same treatment.
I only have two models I've retired that weren't heavily crashed and both of those are hung up by wires in the shop. They aren't pretty, but one was my first aileron warbird (OLD eflite P-47 from the geared, brushed motor days) and a Tigermoth I built for my wife.
Good Lord I do not have a wall big enough for all of them that have been crashed or destroyed, a few have been lucky and got sold before the inevitable happens.
rcpilot2
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This is totally me
poor boy 101
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Paintball is the most fun! Have you ever tried flying and shooting at the same time? It’s very fun and very hard. Me post pictures of my ftx that I retired 4 days ago. Lost left elevon control, ran out of battery and crashed into a tree.
poor boy 101
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poor boy 101
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I feel accomplished with how much paint I got on the bottom of the bird! Also nice To use the dx6e so I could put elevator and aileron control on my left stick so I could shoot with my right.
poor boy 101
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Gonna fix it up get a new battery (the old one is really really dead) and get friends to shoot at it. Will get a video of that and post it on this thread.
Anyone seen the end of the viggen video with the afterburner David added that went down?
No. The end of our runway butts up against a major freeway, and we get nervous with people flying over it; I'd rather not try to shoot at my plane while flying, and possibly risk it going down over the freeway or having a paintball fall and hit someone's car. Lots easier to fly it and try to avoid the "anti-aircraft" fire from other shooters.
poor boy 101
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Hey what is the best 4s 2200 man battery that I could use(a lot of cs please) I ruined my one in the ftx-29 and I need a new one to retire it with.
I don't know about "best" but I have always had good luck with the China Hobby Line batteries. They are really popular with the FPV quad racers at my club too - great performance for less money. Depending on the C rating you want, they have 5 batteries in that size ranging from $18-$26 each
https://chinahobbyline.com/index.ph...ttery_max=4&capacit_min=2128&capacit_max=2443
When did this crash and do you have any photos or video?
poor boy 101
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Dang! Thanks I will get them they are sooo cheap. After some more searching I found 6s 5000 mah battery for $50! Everything else is like $110.
IcedStorm777
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It would be cool (if you had a private lake or body of water you owned) if you lit the plane with liter fluid and than flew over said body of water and than flew it close to a torch and watched it burn midair. Viking style!
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