Now crashing is part of flying. I'm a fixer, and will keep flogging a heavily crashed plane with glue and take and carbon or whatever it takes to get it back in the air. I've had a couple I couldn't fix though. I'm sure you've all got stories, photos and vids to share on this topic. Please keep it to actual deaths though, where you've let the aircraft RIP.
My first plane that I owned was a Guan-Li P51. I quickly shelved it until I'd mastered the Tuff Trainer, learning my lesson on appropriate planes for newbies/returners. Once I figure out an appropriate powertrain for it, the P51 and I had many beautiful flights. I crashed it less and less, but in the end there was too much epoxy and new foam to allow it to recover from a clash with a lightpost. The foam warped beyond repair and I pulled every useful component off it.
The second plane I killed was a scratch built Predator. It was my first scratch and it was, well, rough. I crashed it on maiden, and due to the foam used it wasn't very recoverable.
EDIT: I forgot this one... A scratch build profile P51. It flew well except it had a nasty tip stall tendency... Once it stalled, there was no recovering either.
The third was my Funbat. I loved that plane. I'd decorated it with a Megamind poster, and it flew like a dream. I learnt to fly inverted with it, but one time I flew at a foreign field, not knowing of a dead spot. I was showing off to some old friends, bringing it in for a fast inverted dive in and pass, but the elevator didn't respond. Was a sad day.
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The fourth I tried and tried to keep going. It was the 50mm EDF A6 Intruder. It always felt underpowered, like it would stall at any moment, which it occasionally did if you did anything too suddenly. After about 25 flights, the stock fan broke. I bought another and fitted the stock motor, but it wouldn't fly. I then chucked in a crazy powerful unit, but it still dropped out of the sky once it ran out of steam from the launch. Can't seem to find a pic...
EDIT: Another I'd forgotten... The Old Timer Cub. I got it as a freebie, but wifey claimed it. She put it through a tree, so we rebuilt the wings. I accidentally killed it via a nosedive, brought on by loss of signal from a dodgy rx.
I reckon I've got a few pics floating around of some of these planes - I'll put them up for nostalgia's sake when I find them!
My first plane that I owned was a Guan-Li P51. I quickly shelved it until I'd mastered the Tuff Trainer, learning my lesson on appropriate planes for newbies/returners. Once I figure out an appropriate powertrain for it, the P51 and I had many beautiful flights. I crashed it less and less, but in the end there was too much epoxy and new foam to allow it to recover from a clash with a lightpost. The foam warped beyond repair and I pulled every useful component off it.
The second plane I killed was a scratch built Predator. It was my first scratch and it was, well, rough. I crashed it on maiden, and due to the foam used it wasn't very recoverable.
EDIT: I forgot this one... A scratch build profile P51. It flew well except it had a nasty tip stall tendency... Once it stalled, there was no recovering either.
The third was my Funbat. I loved that plane. I'd decorated it with a Megamind poster, and it flew like a dream. I learnt to fly inverted with it, but one time I flew at a foreign field, not knowing of a dead spot. I was showing off to some old friends, bringing it in for a fast inverted dive in and pass, but the elevator didn't respond. Was a sad day.
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The fourth I tried and tried to keep going. It was the 50mm EDF A6 Intruder. It always felt underpowered, like it would stall at any moment, which it occasionally did if you did anything too suddenly. After about 25 flights, the stock fan broke. I bought another and fitted the stock motor, but it wouldn't fly. I then chucked in a crazy powerful unit, but it still dropped out of the sky once it ran out of steam from the launch. Can't seem to find a pic...
EDIT: Another I'd forgotten... The Old Timer Cub. I got it as a freebie, but wifey claimed it. She put it through a tree, so we rebuilt the wings. I accidentally killed it via a nosedive, brought on by loss of signal from a dodgy rx.
I reckon I've got a few pics floating around of some of these planes - I'll put them up for nostalgia's sake when I find them!
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