What did you crash today?

LitterBug

Techno Nut
Moderator
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Finally getting around to fixing the ZOHD Drift right wing broken a while back at the indoor fly. Nothing Foam-Tac can't handle, and I also need to re-check the tail boom angle and all servos.
 

Tench745

Master member
I folded the speed wing by pulling up hard at 70mph.
Did something like that with my versa wing years ago. Apparently the center section had gotten soft; I was doing a high speed pass, the wing began to flex, bobbled a little in pitch, and then pulled straight up and folded in half. It was my first time flying at a club and a number of people were there watching.
 

Mr Man

Mr SPEED!
Did something like that with my versa wing years ago. Apparently the center section had gotten soft; I was doing a high speed pass, the wing began to flex, bobbled a little in pitch, and then pulled straight up and folded in half. It was my first time flying at a club and a number of people were there watching.
WORST Time possible for that to happen.
 

Mr NCT

VP of SPAM killing
Moderator
The Weddell Williams 44 loves speed and wide sweeping turns. If you're slow, less than 1 mistake high and try a tight turn this is what happens. At least it ended up on it's wheels.

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Since it hit vertically all the debris was in one spot. Ah well, I needed to build V3 anyway.
 

Mr Man

Mr SPEED!
The Weddell Williams 44 loves speed and wide sweeping turns. If you're slow, less than 1 mistake high and try a tight turn this is what happens. At least it ended up on it's wheels.

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Since it hit vertically all the debris was in one spot. Ah well, I needed to build V3 anyway.
You said it likes speed… A speed wing would make it like speed more… But I don’t think that’s what you’re going for.
 

Mr NCT

VP of SPAM killing
Moderator
You said it likes speed… A speed wing would make it like speed more… But I don’t think that’s what you’re going for.
Yeah, not so much a speed fan as a fan of golden age planes. This one and the QED just happen to be speedy. The Simple Staggerwing (shameless plug, can be found in Resources) on the other hand can do slow and fast pretty well and it's a joy to fly!