Okay here's the
story. I went flying at the local RC field in Stillwater, OK with my friend
Josh. Now I'm not blaming him because he wasn't flying, but it is his
fault. He brought out a camera and thought it would be cool to take some
pictures of me flying. First he made me tie a piece of yellow ribbon on
the tale of the aircraft which no doubt added drag and led to its demise.
During the first flight of the day I flew the trainer
just like a trainer. Nice slow turns and low passes down the runway and
so on. Then Josh asked me to do a loop, and I did. Now here is where Josh's
ignorance of aircraft surfaced, he asked me to do an outside loop. (As
we all know an outside loop is virtually impossible with almost all trainers
because of the design of the wing and lack of power.) I told him it couldn't
be done, then preceded to execute the maneuver all the while telling him
it couldn't be done. I forgot however, that in fact it couldn't be done
with my airplane and yet I was doing it, but straight into the ground.
The plane was unrepairable. My first RC plane destroyed. That's okay though,
I got another one. One that wouldn't be destroyed by another persons suggestion.
A Kombat Airmadillo. |
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