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Old 08-24-2012, 01:16 AM   #6
Stratman49
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Unhappy Durafly Dynamic S-Destroyed!

Well after only 6 flights, my Dynamic S sits in pieces after nosing in after a failed pull out of a high speed dive. Nose was completely torn off, prop spinner destroyed, fuse broken in half right in front of the wing, The carbon stiffeners running the length of the fuse broke and shattered at the fuse break points, the wing was torn from the fuse which destroyed the plastic mount points that were part of the fuse. The wing itself shattered along the center line where the two wing halves connect together. And I was really getting to like this plane! While I recovered all the pieces, looks like I would need to get a replacement fuse and wing from Hobby King which of course as of last check was back-ordered on both items (apparently I'm not the only one crashing this plane!). Definitely not a mechanical failure or the noted aieloron lock-out at high speeds, simply pilot error on my part.

The tail feathers were the only part to survive intact and of course looks like all the electronics (servos, ESC, receiver and motor), are intact. Not sure if I will rebuild the plane now, or at least until replacement parts become available. I did have to do a lot of work on the plane at the outset to correct some wing warp and a noticeable tendency to drop the right wing which I had to counteract by weighting the opposite side with some coins.

While it was flying, I would characterize this as a lukewarmliner, not hot for a foam based plane, it was decently quick although I have no idea what the top speed of this plane would be, I would guess in a powered dive, maybe 60 mph.
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