My latest accomplishment

[Dillzio]

Well, it looks like i pushed my limits a bit too far with this one, and now i've killed it. I was flying and trying to get a mate to take a video, but the plane was too far away and moving too fast for him to get it on film, so he asked me to bring it in closer.

I came in for a fairly close fly by about 4-8m from the ground at wide open throttle, and just after it passed me i pulled up, and it nosed down straight into an asphalt basketball court (no one on it luckily). I seems that i lost my orientation either as i snapped my head from left to right or just because it was moving so fast so close, but either way it must have rolled at sometime during the maneuver, and as a result when i pulled up it went straight into the ground.

Check out the carnage, it sure was a nice bird huh?

And they say a thing of beauty is a joy forever?




my indestructable fibreglass reinforced nose was no match for the asphalt


The fibreglass rod i had running along the length of the fuselage snapped like a twig



Oh, and to make matter worse, the video didn't even turn out! My mate must have bumped something while he was handlaunching the thing.

[toff]

Bit of hot water and some superglue, and it'll be back in no time! My twinjet has been in pieces more than once, and always fixes up nearly new!

[flydiver]

Toff may have a point. You can do a lot with boiling water and Elapor to straighten it out. Don't think it will help the battery though.
Not sure how much the fiberglass job does to screw that process up though. Quite often those reinforcements become a real headache when they aren't fully effective. I tried out spray-on tool dip on one of my slope planes. That turned out to be a bad idea. Plain old tape is more useful if somewhat uglier but you can get it off when needed.

[pauliepilot]

Nice mess ;-) unlucky! sorry to see,it was a nice funjet but like thd others say a couple of hours n it'll be flying gd luck

[Dillzio]

it can be fixed??? amazing!

Maybe I will give it a go

[pauliepilot]

Looks easy anuff may not look as nice as it did....but sure could be fixed with a few hours gluein the cracks..any foam lost just fill with epoxy :-)

[flydiver]

Dip it in boiling water for 10 seconds (maybe more) and immediately force the bent part back into shape. You have to experiment with the time and force. It expands the crushed foam parts. It will over expand the surface beads and make an orange peel effect. Smooth/smash down with the back of a sthingy.

What have you got to loose, eh?

[pauliepilot]

Is it fixed yet...we want to see....or did u just go out n buy a new one ;-)