Luck.bad luck.

[ilovemetro]

Story time..
guy at our local club, Scott, very good pilot. had one of the first 37.5 yaks and had the structural wing failure doing a parachute, put that in, sends in a complaint, gets a replacement yak (it was supposed to be going to Jason Noll but he didn't want it) so he gets it, starts flying it, Battery #2 cuts out, killing the engine and everything on the left side of the plane, can't get the plane to come around, goes down into the trees...

so off hunting we go.


we find the plane wedged in probably 8-10 foot very skinny trees, we get a ladder, take the wings off and bring it down, the only thing wrong with the plane is a little bit of broken balsa on the fuselage under the wing, very fixable.

hes in a great mood, i am too. never want to see a plane go in, he's just glad he didn't lose his second plane in about 2 months.


so he gets out his heli... flys around great, goes inverted a few times, then goes inverted, engine starts to bog, he trys to flip it over and pull out, bam. right into the ground. broke the blades and bent some stuff, very fixable.


so what do you think? is it bad luck that he crashed his second big plane, or good luck that there wasnt anything wrong with it?

im amazed, were all amazed the thing made it out.

[wizard]

Anytime something is repairable, with minimal damage it is good luck.

[ShortBus]

Why did his motor quit because one of the batteries for the Rx died?

[rcflyguy]

he may have the smart fly cut off system... if it is hooked up to that side it will kill the engine!

[ilovemetro]

	Quote: Originally Posted by rcflyguy
	he may have the smart fly cut off system... if it is hooked up to that side it will kill the engine!

you are correct, he had a troy built battery on one side and something diff. on the other, his troy built cut out but only because it was overcharged.

[Toro]

HELI CRASH=100 bucks.
YAK CRASH=3000 bucks....

I'd say good luck...

[SBR_RV]

yeh bad luck i guess, just one of those crap days at the field, good thing the better days are more frequent.

[MrKiwi]

ive had a crap day.... my cat knock my plane down, breaks rudder... no big deal, fix it then go fly. on the way bak, my feild box falls on my elevator, breaks that, fix go fly the next day. engine quits, not a good thing for a funtana. plane breaks in half and rip out the firewall. i guess this is my version of a bad day week thingy...