[NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

Mon Aug 24 08:00:10 AKDT 2009

Yep, done it...lost a profile that way, but was able to save my son's foamy.  He said, "fly it Dad, it's all ready to go."  Stupid me never checked the surfaces, was able to save it that time...I vowed to never take off again without checking direction of the surfaces...took me twice<g>

Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jay Marshall 
  To: 'General pattern discussion' 
  Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:35 AM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

  Just "wiggling" doesn't do it. After changing servos, I "wiggled" and everything was fine .. until airborne. The new servos rotated the opposite direction and the ailerons were reversed! 

  Jay Marshall 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Richard Strickland
  Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:28 AM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

  There was an old saw about pilots who had landed gear up this reminds me of: "There are two types of pilots--those that have landed gear up and those that are going to.." And then a few--well actually many years ago--there was another article in FLYING by a guy who had landed gear up for the second time...  So he changed it to: "There are three types of pilots--those that have, those that are going to--and those that are going to again..."  
  I lost a perfect Tipo 750 way back and a nice Temptation more recently by not plugging in the ailerons and was distracted both times during assembly--and not wiggling the surfaces prior to take-off.
  RS

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  From: jpavlick at idseng.com
  To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
  Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:53:11 -0400
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

  Been there done that. But only once... so far...

  John Pavlick
  http://www.idseng.com

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Ronald Van Putte 

    To: Jim Quinn ; General pattern discussion 

    Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:50 PM

    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

    My favorite "trick" is to neglect to attach the aileron servo connections if I am disturbed while assembling the airplane.  Consequently, John Fuqua asks me to "wiggle the sticks" before carrying the airplane out; it's saved my airplane twice already. 

    Ron VP

    On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Jim Quinn wrote:

      Wow! I saw these planes at Toledo and the Nats! I'm really sorry. They were/are beautiful trophy winners in Toledo. I agree with Don, make a routine and stick with it. A good budfdfy of mine recently had 9 stitches from a mini electric (smaller than a 1/2 glow) when his throttle went to high, he grabbed the wing and the plane spun around and struck his hand. 

      Jim Quinn 

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      From: "Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
      To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
      Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 2:45:03 PM
      Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

      Hey All,

      Had a bad morning this morning because I got careless, and because I altered my normal habits. I normally have my neck strap tucked into my shirt starting the airplane, but this morning I simply clipped it onto the Tx while it was sitting on the ground.   Started my primary Black Magic, had it sitting on idle, picked up my Tx and somehow turned the Tx funny such that the strap bumped the throttle.enough to make the plane jump forward startling me.  In the split second that I moved to catch it, the strap moved the throttle higher and before I could recover it, it slammed the wing into the table next to me hard enough to snap the entire fuselage into two pieces.  

      I was very fortunate that no one was injured and that no other equipment was damaged, but I was crushed to watch (in slow motion of course) such catastrophic damage occur to the plane.  They're just not meant for that type of abrupt side load.

      Anyhow, just wanted to throw out the warning.  I've picked up my tx 1000 times without incident, but seldom do I have the strap attached.  Just not my routine. But one odd movement can make things go VERY wrong, VERY fast.  Be careful, be methodical, and don't change your habits.

      Mark

      PS, probably repairable over the winter.  Fuse is in 2 pieces with a lot of damage, and the wing that hit is pretty messed up.  It'll be a project for sure.  

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