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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel a bit guilty about loosing a 1/4 scale Cap
last night but I would feel even more guilty if I don't share my finding and
someone else loose a plane for the same reason.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I always range check my planes before the first
flight of the days with the antenna colapse or remove if possible and I did it
again yesterday with good results. However, I lost control of the airplane
after a few minutes in the air. The plane crashed in a 45deg dive doing
some barril roll and hit the ground inverted from what I could
see when I retreived it. It was behind some trees so I didn't actually
see the hit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After retrieving it, I checked if I had control and
realized that the RX crystal wasn't there anymore. I remember checking all
the servo connections before closing the canopie but not the crystal. It
may have been loose but I can't know now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Believe it or not, I also damaged my other Cap last
Sunday. That one had a wing retaining nut come loose after 6 or 7 flights. The
wing moved out of the anti-rotation pins and I had a hard landing trying to
control the plane with the wing moving around the tube. It will be
fixed somedays.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sorry about damaging these planes but I would
feel really bad if it had been one of my Nova. I won't be doing
any Imac contest this year I guess and I will stick with
pattern.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Leasons learned:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get sure the crystal is fully in</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get sure the receiver is well protected from
vibrations</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soft mount all engines</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Verify wings, stabs, and control surfaces are
secured before each flights</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Xavier</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thursday's plane: 1/4 scale Cap 232, fiberglass
fuse / </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>OS 160 on solid nylon mount
/ </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>JR10SXII and 549 receiver</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sunday's plane: 1/4 scale Cap 232, wood fuse
/ </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ST2300 on solid nylon
mount</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>