We got a bird down

[Stoka]

Finaly made a cock-up with my Spity. Forgot to reset the receiver back to Ni-Mh from Li-Po and it was still on 70% cut off. Resulted in me bobbing up and down as the plane tried to power back up but then plummeted nose first from 10ft. Damage from what I can see is a completely ruined firewall, motor mount and cowl.

All took place with my Flycam1 on, so keep watching for the video :D

[IntruderWithin]

Dont feel alone (15h20) mine went up, to the left and crash.... impossible to repair:eek:. The receiver and servos are now in the CUB as the receiver for the CUB went last week... :rolleyes:. have to start saving again:cool:

[Stoka]

Anyhow, heres the damage photos.

Turned out I need;
Firewall,
Battery Hatch,
Spinner,
Cowl.

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8143/cimg1309smallwq4.jpg

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1906/cimg1313smallly9.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2046/cimg1308smallvi1.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7108/cimg1310smallbt6.jpg

[Radweld]

Damn sahme old boy, I've just started flying gliders and this is teaching me how to fly without power, it's harder than you think lol. Anyway damage isnt too bad, even the cowl is repairable, mine in a far worse state that that one, its taped up inside and out lol.

Gearbox for sure, inner skeleton for sure, nose cone for sure.

The rest should be repairable.

[bullittrob]

must be bad luck going around!.,:rolleyes:,.i lost my ART TECH corsair tonight,,.to busy trying inverted flights to low!!.,.,no one to blame apart from me!.,.,sorry to hear about the spit!.,,.every time a wreck one or loose one i almost have a sleepless nite!:( i know it isnt a parkzone product.,n.,if the top brass dont mind il post pics.,.:confused:,ok???:confused:

[Radweld]

I think it should be ok buddy, it would be great to mourn the loss of a good kite.

I almost lost my glider last night, being new and inexperienced at gliding, I clipped the wing of another pilot, she tip stalled and nosed in! I was sure she was a gonner but she nosed into a load of bushes! She took half an hour to finde but after we found her she ws back in the air with no damage to be seen.

The model is a Chris Foss Middle Phase and the owner (I am borrowing it) said it's 20 years old :eek:

[bullittrob]

20 years hah!!,.,.,.,. most of my pz fleet are a bit like triggers broom!!!!!.....:D: "four new heads two new handles!:rolleyes:..,heres the corsair before sudden death!.,.i like to fly these little foamys over soft places to land,.as i found even a short grass feild hit to hard will damage the plane!,,.well my kids do anyway!:D...it went in the little tracks left from where the farmers tractor drives,..,.,one foot the other way it would of been saved!....no pics of it on the ground,.but i did save the motor,.three bladed prop,.esc,.canope,,then came home & hit the buy it now on another!,.,.thank god for overdrafts!......................................; )id like to see the parkzone version of the corsair.,.,you might ask why ART-TECH,,well i bought my first one before pz listed a corsair,also ive got a hellcat which is the same scale,.,.i think the parkzone one is bigger,.but i think if the credit card will let me il order one as i love the parkzone brand for spares,.,.will the boys here be listing any parts for them?.,,.id need a zero then to chase!!.

[ralphp]

I don't want to push things but I already have a set of bulsa plans on the Zero that I'm thinking of scaling up to parkzone size and foaming!!

oh no....work overload,work overload,work overload........work overload!

At this rate my scale hobby will never start again!

[bullittrob]

funny thing was that after this flight i was gonig to ground it while i upped the motor & painted it.,,.realy worn out weatherd look,.gald i didnt now!.,,.,but il probably paint the next one even before i fly it,.as i know the corsair well,.,.i doubt if the next will fly any differnt,.,.. anyway,.zero zero zero,.,.do it .,.,will be a nice foamy..

[Stoka]

Rob that looks absolutely fantastic, some serious effort has been put into the smallest of details.

[ralphp]

thats a 1/48th Tamiya.....have one myself!

[bullittrob]

:Dyes it is,,.like i said thats how im going to paint the next corsair,.glad i didnt with the first one though!!.,,.its now been swallowed by the combine harvester!...awwwwwww!:(

[ralphp]

Im sure you can do it......i've got a 1/48th myself and mine looks almost the same. The big PZ should be easy to do! (like painting a house compaired to that scale!)LOL:D

[Stoka]

After replacing quite abit of the plane, I had the old girl back up in the sky where she belongs tonight.

Couple of trim issues with it being stripped down and what not but I got it sorted and she's now flying like a dream.

Thanks goes to SL yet again, top work boys!