Don't put your plane away and then take it out again.

ShortBus · 06-03-2007, 03:41 PM

Ok so....We were all set to go home with the Smaragd and the Tunnel Vision sitting in the car ready to leave. The wind dies down a little bit. So dad says lets fly once more. We take out the tunnel vision and put it back together.

Fast Forward.....

Take off do a roll about 20 ft off the ground right after take off, something doesn't look right! Why isn't the tail rotating??!?!?! Fuse twists hits the wing rips it off. plane falls out of the sky. NICE!!!!!!! That was fun!!!Lets do it again!!!

These 2 pics are how it sat on the runway.

JimC-MD · 06-03-2007, 03:42 PM

Ok

ilovemetro · 06-03-2007, 03:43 PM

if we can't ask then we gots' nothin ta'say

rc4flying · 06-03-2007, 04:20 PM

That.....does not look good. That is a shame for one more flight.

Vic3D · 06-03-2007, 04:27 PM

Man Jon that sucks..

Was it an in-flight structural failure?

JoeAirPort · 06-03-2007, 04:53 PM

Bummer. Looks like it would have happened on the 1st flight of your next day out anyway. Sorry for your loss. Looks like an airframe failure, not your fault.

ShortBus · 06-03-2007, 06:22 PM

I wish I had a camera at the time or a video camera.

It was INSANE!

If you can't laugh at it when it happens you shouldn't be flying it.

ShortBus · 06-03-2007, 07:29 PM

I'm starting to think it was dx7 lockout???

Hey!!! Everyone else is saying it, I thought it might work. I should get a dx7.

Vic3D · 06-03-2007, 07:34 PM

	Quote: Originally Posted by ShortBus
	I'm starting to think it was dx7 lockout??? Hey!!! Everyone else is saying it, I thought it might work. I should get a dx7.

That's hilarious!

3ddd · 06-03-2007, 09:21 PM

2.4 fade-sorry sb

ShortBus · 06-03-2007, 09:24 PM

Maybe someone shot me down?

karlwatt · 06-03-2007, 10:18 PM

Aaaaaagh, maaaaannnnnnn, what a shame SB. My TV is one of my fav to fly now and it was you who turned me one to it. You have got to get it flying again! I'm gettin' a baaaaad feeling it I fly again without yours in shape - sort of cosmic rc connection bro. I'm really hurtin' for ya.

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rc4flying Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hermitage, Pa Age: 53 Posts: 1,478	Re: Don't put your plane away and then take it out again. That.....does not look good. That is a shame for one more flight. __________________ rc4flying Papa Stek Joe *Team Futaba* Desert Aircraft Carden Aircraft "Fly them hard, but fly them safe"

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06-03-2007, 04:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
JoeAirPort Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 707	Re: Don't put your plane away and then take it out again. Bummer. Looks like it would have happened on the 1st flight of your next day out anyway. Sorry for your loss. Looks like an airframe failure, not your fault.


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06-03-2007, 06:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
ShortBus Fun Police Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mountain Top, PA Age: 17 Posts: 3,521 Blog Entries: 2 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Re: Don't put your plane away and then take it out again. I wish I had a camera at the time or a video camera. It was INSANE! If you can't laugh at it when it happens you shouldn't be flying it. __________________ You want somethin?GO GET IT.

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ShortBus Fun Police Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mountain Top, PA Age: 17 Posts: 3,521 Blog Entries: 2 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Re: Don't put your plane away and then take it out again. I'm starting to think it was dx7 lockout??? Hey!!! Everyone else is saying it, I thought it might work. I should get a dx7. __________________ You want somethin?GO GET IT.

06-03-2007, 09:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
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karlwatt Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boise, ID Age: 47 Posts: 314	Re: Don't put your plane away and then take it out again. Aaaaaagh, maaaaannnnnnn, what a shame SB. My TV is one of my fav to fly now and it was you who turned me one to it. You have got to get it flying again! I'm gettin' a baaaaad feeling it I fly again without yours in shape - sort of cosmic rc connection bro. I'm really hurtin' for ya. __________________ Karl Watts "It scares me how obsessed I have become with this hobby." Pro Bro #1669

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