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so was my buddy "thefoamflyer"
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It was going plenty fast when he was doing circuts. When the battery packs shifted it shot upwards and lost a lot of it's speed before it came down. Very, very lucky no one got hurt!!
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The designer of the plane was the one who was flying it when it crashed. For the life of me I can't remember his name.
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Ya I was in the stands and me and my dad were about fifteen feet away it landed between us and the rocketry stand all I could here was that whistling sound for the rest of the day
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Ok guys here are the "closest" facts to date on the Stiletto that went in.
It was a PBM model by Tom Keating. The race version with alky motors can do 240 mph in a dive or more like 210-220 on a level. Tom has won the Unlimited series in the USRA and is one of the best pilots on the circuit- hands down. The E version Mark had built was probably only able to do around 170- 190 MPH. These planes are incredibly built and when that Battery pack let loose all that weight went to the aft and it was all over instantly. How fornuate no one was hurt. Just prooves how dangerous our sport "can" be and how safety precautions need to always be in place. I cant tell ya how glad I was to hear the announcer over the PA telling everyone to "watch out". |
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A bit late but heres some ok video of the after math
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