I guess the title says it all!!!!!
My First GiantScale Crash...
Posted 11-16-2007 at 10:04 PM by Matchless
Though I've been flying for wayyy too many years, I've only been flying giantscale for about a year.
I rebuilt a Terry Boston built Carden 35% Edge two summers ago and have really enjoyed thrashing it around.
It was bound to happen eventually, so fate reared its ugly head today. While in a low hover, (tail about 3ft off the ground) the engine flared out and the airplane slowly fell to the ground.
It did the most perfect tailslide anyone has ever seen, and the rudder stuck about 10" deep into the mud in the beanfield that borders our runway. After sticking in, the airplane simply fell onto its lid very slowly.
I got off lucky! The rudder is broken and needs a total rebuild. One elevator servo is stripped and I broke a new Vess prop. No other apparent damage to the airplane though.
To fix it, I'm going to pull the rudder sometime soon as well as the DA off the nose. I'm going to send off the DA and I'll rebuild the existing rudder and recover it. I might take this opportunity to make some improvements and change the covering scheme slightly at the tail to make it my own
I'm also going to go through the rest of the airplane in full to check for any hidden damage that would show up later....
The way I see it- I got a free airplane today....
I rebuilt a Terry Boston built Carden 35% Edge two summers ago and have really enjoyed thrashing it around.
It was bound to happen eventually, so fate reared its ugly head today. While in a low hover, (tail about 3ft off the ground) the engine flared out and the airplane slowly fell to the ground.
It did the most perfect tailslide anyone has ever seen, and the rudder stuck about 10" deep into the mud in the beanfield that borders our runway. After sticking in, the airplane simply fell onto its lid very slowly.
I got off lucky! The rudder is broken and needs a total rebuild. One elevator servo is stripped and I broke a new Vess prop. No other apparent damage to the airplane though.
To fix it, I'm going to pull the rudder sometime soon as well as the DA off the nose. I'm going to send off the DA and I'll rebuild the existing rudder and recover it. I might take this opportunity to make some improvements and change the covering scheme slightly at the tail to make it my own
I'm also going to go through the rest of the airplane in full to check for any hidden damage that would show up later.... The way I see it- I got a free airplane today....
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Glad it didnt hurt it too bad! I always say its safer to hover a 1 ft than at 20 ft for this reason!!Posted 11-18-2007 at 09:21 AM by twostroke 
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Thanks twostroke. You are 100% right about the height too.... any higher and I would have taken home a bag of parts....Posted 11-18-2007 at 10:58 AM by Matchless
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