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03-05-2007, 12:47 AM
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Rollin', Rollin', and Rollin'
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Tigard,Oregon
Age: 20
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Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
Still speachless! Went flying today and took the AW 30% 260.. Well i was hovering down low for a good 3 minutes down about 3 inches off the runway.. At the same time, Ron Good was flying his Funtana 100X and he was hovering about 20' above the ground so i start getting higher and we were hovering right next to each other for a little bit.. Then all of a sudden my DA50 died! The I let go of my controls comletly and just watched it come down.. Well, the plane just made a 180 degree turn and came down nose first.. I walked up to it and noticed it had nose dived straight down on its spinner into very soft mud/dirt. I was scared that motorbox was just puched in and crached the fuse.. I lifted the plane and took it to the pit area. There was no damage or any scraches anywhere else but on the top of the cowl..I just got to order a new cowl for it.. I took the prop and spinner off. the prop was obviously gone, but there wasn't 1 dent or bend in the spinner cone or backplate! Then i took the cowl off, and checked everything out. Guess what?... There wasn't a scratch or crack in the firewall! Nothing broke in imapact! The firewall was still pinned and no gaps opened up! I can just imagine the damage to a lot of firewalls out there! The firewall is still attached w/ no cracks! I could of bet a lot of money that the firewall was crushed, but nothing even happened! My point here is that how good the AW plane's are built! Here are some pics...
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03-05-2007, 01:01 AM
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Sleeping Beauty
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Port Orchard, Washington
Age: 21
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Re: Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
Holy crap man! now THATS lucky! I'm glad to hear its in one piece! thats truely amazing. You should've had your dad buy a lotto ticket, you would of won with that luck.
nice save! 
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03-05-2007, 01:18 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 4,100
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Re: Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
You better be sure make an offering to the airplane gods for saving your butt today!
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03-05-2007, 10:05 AM
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Flyin' Around
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NH, USA
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Re: Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
sweet. I'm saving up for an Aero-Works Yak. Your story makes me want to save up faster
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03-30-2007, 01:09 PM
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Father of the Scale Furum
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Chapel Hill, TN
Age: 34
Posts: 4,577
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Re: Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
Man, YOU are lucky. Seriously, take a very good look at everything... something had to have been stressed... great looking plane too...
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03-30-2007, 06:13 PM
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Super Contributer
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Jose, California
Posts: 138
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Re: Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
My AW 260 50cc didn't do as well when it crashed. I have a coffee can with the remains sitting in my garage. lol
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03-30-2007, 06:26 PM
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Bad-ass Super Contributer!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Pennsyvania
Age: 38
Posts: 1,017
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Re: Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
you better thank the mud because had it been harder dirt the results might've been different.
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03-30-2007, 06:27 PM
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Father of the Scale Furum
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Chapel Hill, TN
Age: 34
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Re: Gotta Give it to Aero-Works!!!!
PS- why did it quit?
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