My Carden Midair Today

[king160woody]

ohh,,, sorry to hear that mikey

[mikey]

Thanks Biff I just have to rember that we all have flown .40 size planes before and that our .40 size planes were just as special as a big planes when we owned them. If you go to a flying field and your plane cost 5000 and the other peoples cost 500 you have no more rights to the field then them. There is no one to blame it is a risk we all take when we fly with other planes in the air.

[Biff]

BRAVO DUDE!!! I must confess, I've embarrassed myself a couple times years ago. Don't plan on EVER pulling that nonsense again. Truly proud of how you handled yourself. You sir are a poster boy for what this site is all about. Being a gentleman and taking things as they come. Crashes do happen. As my dad told me years ago after one of my teenage micro bursts, "If you ain't man enough to lose and airplane gracefully, you best get another hobby. Crashes do happen. If you can't afford finacially or emotionaly to lose one,,better leave them in the shop." True that huh? You ROCK Mikey!!

[Flyinrazrback]

Did you build the edge?

[mikey]

Thanks Biff for the kind words. Flyinrazrback I did not build the plane I bought it from someone that had the plane professionaly built. I am going to try to get the wing ordered tommorow and do it myself. Unless someone is from the dallas area wants to build a wing for me?

[Flyinrazrback]

Ok cool, I just ask because the plane looks like it was a friend of mines.

[mikey]

I just want to thank the giants for all there support. It is great to belong to group that will help you out any way possible. I need to give a special thanks to flyinrazrback for hooking me up with someone that is going to do the work for me.

Thanks
Michael Yosten

[mr-magic]

id say you got out of it well considering how bad it could have been

[jack01]

Mikey,

First off, Biff nailed it on the head. Congrats on how you handled it! I know it sucks, but I've been in your shoes. Here's my take on the repair:

1. That wing is repairable. I've seen wings rebuilt that were broken into several pieces. Having said that, I wouldn't bother. The amount of repair work required to PROPERLY repair that wing is not much below what it would take to build a new and undamaged wing. If you had all of the tools and supplies, you'll spend more time waiting on glue to dry than you will building the wing.

2. I would send your engine in for a checkup. Anytime an engine throws part of a prop, and is still running, you run the risk of bending the crank and/or damaging bearings. I'm assuming it's a DA, so they will give you no hassle on checking it. Just tell them exactly what happened.

3. Spend a couple of hours going through all of the glue joints in the fuse, primarily the motor box and where the trusses join the motor box. These areas are typically where things break when a prop lets go. You may not find anything. Then again, you may find several areas that need some attention.

[casey g]

it has sence been repaired by a pro builder

[king160woody]

Yea, and is getting a DA 150 to put on the front of it ! :nanahump:

[casey g]

not yet lol

[yaks]

u r ****in lucky ...

[Neogenesis]

	Quote: Originally Posted by ShortBus
	There was a fix on RCU on a giles doing the exact same thing but not as bad. It looked like it came out just as new!

You mean this repair? I kick myself to this day for selling it before i flew it....but at the time I couldn't bring myself to jump from a 50cc into a 160cc.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...tml#post146317


Personally I don't know if I would have repaired that wing...it's hard to tell how deep the gash is from the pics. But I'm glad to hear it's going back together.


Neo

[Tonybons]

I agree with the concept that to each person their plane regardless of size is as important to them as our big planes are to us and that we have to respect all planes no matter what size. You have taken this very well and thank God the plane is very fixable, but we have an unwritten rule in more than one club that I fly in that you generally fly alone with a maiden flight-is that not the case where you fly. Aside from the courtesy of letting you fly a maiden alone, it is also a safety issue as anything can happen and sometimes getting out of a jam is easier when you are th only plane in the sky. Just a thought.

Tony B