Oops...It happens.. A moment's lapse of concentration; a faulty servo lead; a vengeful hawk... There's any number of reasons why an aeromodeller will suffer a 'hard landing'. We may say some unrepeatable things, or even shed a tear, but it's a part of this sport, and the following views will be all too familiar to fellow aeromodellers. The common factor with all the pictures included on this page, was that each aircraft was later returned to flying status. That, too, is a normal part of aeromodelling. |
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This was a scary one... Allan Whitby was having the obligatory 'one last flight' during the 1999 Christmas Party when something went very wrong with the Buffalo's controls. After a spectacular series of involuntary aerobatics that had the aircraft getting rapidly closer to the flight line and the party area, Allan elected to put the Buffalo, still at full throttle, into the ground vertically. And it was a brand new propeller, too... Check out the compression fractures in the fibreglass fuselage and the chunk of engine block torn off with the muffler. After a period of convalescence, the Buffalo is flying again with repaired but not replaced equipment. The engine was repaired by Don Bentley, and Allan did the rest. |
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