parrothead
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Post by parrothead on Feb 27, 2011 1:07:44 GMT 1
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Post by toff on Feb 27, 2011 2:16:20 GMT 1
While I have the deepest sympathy for the aircraft, You were not ready for this. Sorry, but it's like letting me loose on my twin jet ( it's only by the best good fortune thats it's still in one piece) small, fast and agile ( as the P-40 is - and badly untrimmed as well, from the damage)
I wasn't there but... Hand launch at 3/4 throttle, veered to the left, tried up, no response, hit the ground, broke the nose, take photos of damage....? Am I near what happened?
At least you can fix it, as it's an easy break. Epoxy will fix that.
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Post by Dillzio on Feb 27, 2011 2:39:45 GMT 1
Here here, get yourself some 20 minute epoxy and put a very thin layer on both sides, spread it out as thin as you can. Then you tape it together with a few strips of electrical tape which is stretched to apply the appropriate tension, and leave it to sit there until the epoxy's set. Keep a cloth soaked in acetone (nail polish remover) on hand to wipe clean any epoxy that oozes out of the crack. If your plane is painted, acetone may remove the paint too - bettery try metho or isoprop instead.
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parrothead
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Post by parrothead on Feb 27, 2011 3:27:11 GMT 1
Ah phooey,  Nor was I ready for the SC ;D. My SC looked like Rocky Balboa after one of his fights. No risk, no gain, no fun. I fly sims on my mac and I can only go so far until I say what the he!!, I want to fly. If I crash it, I'll repair it. Cost a few extra bucks during my learning curve than others but, I'm okay with it. I had a hard time posting pics earlier. I have additional ones that show how bad the s-board side was compacted. Can't see it in this pic. The foam has lost about 25% of its length and contorted as well so I don't think the home baked fix will stick with this repair. Even with some pressure, I can't get the foam to even come close to coming back together. Toff, I had read/heard the same thing about these 800mm birds. Hard to the left from hand toss and a soil missile from that point. For this maiden: ROG take-off, half throttle no prob. Smoother than I expected from take off. This little baby has guts! Though very squirrelly. I was soft and easy on the inputs. After a minute or so and three mistakes high, I started some wide figure eights and all was well. About two minutes later the little bastard pointed its nose straight down! Up elevator, nothing. More elevator, nothing. D@!!! it!. She was pointing straight down and rolling. I remember throwing the ailerons at the last minute but it was too late. A plume of Z-form and parts. No worries amigo, "cheap" Trixie will fly again.  ![]() [/img]  ![]() [/img] Side note: Hand is healing nicely from Trixie's bite earlier this week. |
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Post by parrothead on Feb 27, 2011 4:50:05 GMT 1
More importantly I wish I knew what happened. I had a solid three minutes of flight and was slowly coming out of that "hanging on by the seat of my pants" thing. Pre flight-check, servos-check, control horns and assy's-check, battery connection-check, RX-hmmm.. I would write it off as pilot error but I am certain that I did not give that (dive) input. BTW, I checked all control surface linkage after the crash. All was still connected.  |
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Post by TL-628 on Mar 4, 2011 22:08:14 GMT 1
Thats to bad, but thats a really nice plane what brand is it?
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Post by parrothead on Mar 5, 2011 1:29:47 GMT 1
Airfield respectively. 800mm Nitroplanes.com I have been told the 1400mm version is much less "hyper" as the 800. Lets' just say the 800mm is plenty zippy for me. 
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