R.I.P. Bird Dog

[Nitro Blast]

5th flight of the day, fresh battery, all is good.


200 ft. up I do a hard aileron roll, but only one servo goes back to neutral.
Full deflect up, I can see the left aileron is stuck.

I have altitude, a little power and I get the nose up, but its falling like a rock.
Bank left, back to near level, ground approaching fast, chop throttle and it goes in behind a large field of tall weed flowers.

Theres hope!


Until I walked up. I managed to find the only clearing in the field to go in. Post mortem shows no damage to wing, but the servo is stripped and is stuck running in the up position. My bet is the Potentiometer in the servo failed, and it just started driving.











A little thinning of the fleet today. Sad as the dawg was a good performer and a reliable plane....

[kenchiroalpha]

Hi Nitro
Aw man im so sorry
Any chance of rebuilding her?
The damage doesnt look too bad from the photo
Take care dear friend
Yours Hank

[rcers]

Bummer I hate it when a bum servo takes out a plane.... Sorry man...

[stuart]

ouch!!! that really stinks nitro,always sad to hear of someone going down the hardway. hope you can repair it.

[gramps2161]

Sorry for your loss of your plane I had the same thing happen on my small stick in the fall no hope of a recovery either. She looks like you could repair her and give the plane a second life.

[Nitro Blast]

Thanks for the kind words guys, but she's toast. If I had flipped it over for the pic you'd see the wing saddle gone, the back of the wing tore out at the mount, and the cowl is now soft and squishy.

Add the fact that the radio tray, and the windshield are shattered, it would just hurt the memories of a once great bird.

[kenchiroalpha]

Originally Posted by Nitro Blast

Thanks for the kind words guys, but she's toast. If I had flipped it over for the pic you'd see the wing saddle gone, the back of the wing tore out at the mount, and the cowl is now soft and squishy.

Add the fact that the radio tray, and the windshield are shattered, it would just hurt the memories of a once great bird.

Hi Nitro
Thats too bad
But now you can build a new one
Take care dear friend
Yours Hank

[Nitro Blast]

This would use the same power/battery/radio:

http://www.allerc.com/HP-KI84HAYATE.htm

[kenchiroalpha]

Originally Posted by Nitro Blast

This would use the same power/battery/radio:

http://www.allerc.com/HP-KI84HAYATE.htm

Hi Nitro
The "Gale" Code name "Frank" is one of my all time favs
http://www.angelfire.com/fm/compass/Hayate.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84
And the Hyperion version looks wonderful
I say go for it But you still need a L-19/ 0-1 IMHO
Take care dear friend
Yours Hank

[cpmalish]

Hi, nitro sorry to hear about the plane servo failure stinks but that new warbird looks pretty nice atleast you got flying weather it getting warm but gonna rain now talk to ya later!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chris

[CHELLIE]

Bummer, I hate that when that happens OK, go out and buy another plane just like it Tell your better half that Chellie said it was ok to buy a replacement Plane for the one that took a Sheet Take care and have fun, Chellie

[flyboy_fx]

Pretty plane too. Like the whole saying about how strong a chain is, the RC plane is as strong as its weakest servo.

[MustangMan]

Originally Posted by Nitro Blast

This would use the same power/battery/radio:

http://www.allerc.com/HP-KI84HAYATE.htm

AND ON SALE! Time to make your move Jim!

[Nitro Blast]

Brother, that is a decent price.

Anyone want to buy a warmliner?