I hate gravity.

mellman01
mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
edited 4. Jan 2010, 16:20 in Community Chit-chat archive
Well I hope the rest of the year goes better than yesterday, there I was all keen to go flying the only powered model I have in my large fleet of flying things, so first off the glow motor wouldn’t start and I noticed fuel leaking from behind the engine, Ha I thought rear crank cover must be loose so in -5 deg I remove the engine only to find it’s a split in the silicon fuel tube feeding it.
Oh well another 30 mins with numb fingers trying to put in back in but I did it and she fired up like a good-un, so take off no problems fly around making a noise like a demented wasp I land to refuel and off she goes again only this time at 7 feet off the deck for some unknown reason it ailerons over hard to starboard nearly cartwheels but I got it down safe bar a bent undercarriage, now it’s at this point I should have done a bit more work looking at why it did what it did but nope!, so off I go for another flight, all was going well until it gets to around 100 feet then it roles hard over again and without the slightest regards for any control I’m giving it it dives straight in to the frozen ground at full throttle, all I will say is it did a good job of killing itself so much so it took a good 10 minutes picking up the bits.
:shock:

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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Mell

    It's a bit like the story of my life, really, even down to the bent undercarriage :!: :!: :lol::lol:

    But this forum picks up the pieces for me, especially when I read things which make me smile. Sorry to smile at your misfortune though :!:

    Better luck in 2010 :!: :!:

    Joanxx
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  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    joanlawson wrote:
    Hi Mell

    It's a bit like the story of my life, really, even down to the bent undercarriage :!: :!: :lol::lol:

    But this forum picks up the pieces for me, especially when I read things which make me smile. Sorry to smile at your misfortune though :!:

    Better luck in 2010 :!: :!:

    Joanxx
    That's OK Joan and Jan it's was such a lovely day and all, funny thing I didn't really feel that upset more angry at my stupidity, I responded by laughing as the damage was already done, the wings survived just so it's not so bad I will build another fuzz for it in time, when I picked up the engine it had all the radio gear and controls hanging off it like it had beed flippin well disembowelled only the tail survived, one other thing it didn't half make a bang when it went in and it was around 300 yards away!, what a pratt I is!. :oops:
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    But a lovely pratt :!: :!: :lol::lol:
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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,772
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh Mellman :shock:
    I hope you are ok after the flight. You know I got a bit 'into' the description too :D was very good, but I kinda knew it would have a bad ending :shock:
    I hope it will all be put-back-together-able?
    Love
    Toni xx
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    frogmorton wrote:
    Oh Mellman :shock:
    I hope you are ok after the flight. You know I got a bit 'into' the description too :D was very good, but I kinda knew it would have a bad ending :shock:
    I hope it will all be put-back-together-able?
    Love
    Toni xx

    Not the body it's a mess it even snapped the bolts holding in the engine, I am now building another more powerful stunt plane so it's not to bad I guess, I don't know what it is but everytime I try and do something new it seems to go all Pete Tong, take me caravan, 3 trips out and I killed it on my drive way!. and just think I use to make your electricity!.
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Mell, you can make my electricity any time; if I put together all the daft things I had done over the last few months, we'd be here till next Christmas! I get very cross with myself, too (and embarrassed).

    Annie
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    annie_mial wrote:
    Mell, you can make my electricity any time; if I put together all the daft things I had done over the last few months, we'd be here till next Christmas! I get very cross with myself, too (and embarrassed).

    Annie

    Are you sure!?,have you seen how grubby a coal station is, I look like a cross between a dust might and a coal miner!.
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    What's a little coal dust between friends? Now, if it was pig slurry there might be a problem..............

    Annie
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    pixyandfaries wrote:
    oi annie missy he,s mine ! i bagsed him on board ship ! dont waste ya energy on annie mell , i have gas lamps ! :lol::lol:

    Well I'll be jiggered I've never had so much femail attention in me life!, well there is an up side to OA after all and I never would have imagined it would be from this angle, well I don't no what to do now, hmm maybe I can do a time share or a raffle? :oops:
  • colinone
    colinone Member Posts: 1,039
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    What a shame, i do woodvale every year its great for the models some great pilots out there
    Colin
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    mellman01 wrote:
    pixyandfaries wrote:
    oi annie missy he,s mine ! i bagsed him on board ship ! dont waste ya energy on annie mell , i have gas lamps ! :lol::lol:

    Well I'll be jiggered I've never had so much femail attention in me life!, well there is an up side to OA after all and I never would have imagined it would be from this angle, well I don't no what to do now, hmm maybe I can do a time share or a raffle? :oops:

    ...........and there she is ticking me off for offering support to the Captain! Time share sounds good, Mell.

    Annie
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