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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=lightfoot@sc.rr.com href="mailto:lightfoot@sc.rr.com">Jay
Marshall</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 24, 2009 9:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid
accident</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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! </SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A>
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Richard
Strickland<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday,
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">August 24,
2009</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">10:28
AM</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">General pattern
discussion</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid
accident</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">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 <EM><I><FONT
face=Verdana><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">going
to</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>.." And then a few--well actually <EM><I><FONT
face=Verdana><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">many</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>
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
<EM><I><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">three</SPAN></FONT></I></EM> types of
pilots--those that have, those that are going to--and those that are going to
<EM><I><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">again</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>..." <BR>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.<BR>RS<BR> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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jpavlick@idseng.com<BR>To: nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>Date: Mon, 24
Aug 2009 00:53:11 -0400<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid
accident</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Been there done that. But only
once... so far...</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=vanputte@cox.net href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ronald Van Putte</A>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=jaqfly@prodigy.net href="mailto:jaqfly@prodigy.net">Jim Quinn</A> ; <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">General pattern
discussion</A> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:50 PM</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ron
VP</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">On Aug 22, 2009,
at 4:44 PM, Jim Quinn wrote:</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">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. <BR> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Jim Quinn </SPAN></FONT></P>
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"Atwood, Mark" <<A
href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">atwoodm@paragon-inc.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> General pattern discussion <<A
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, August 22, 2009
2:45:03 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hey
All,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=NormalWeb1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=NormalWeb1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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