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<DIV>In a message dated 7/12/2005 2:10:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
fishgod@pobox.mtaonline.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Another
Impact bites the dust. I took Thurs. and Fri. off to practice for<BR>our State
Pattern contest. The second flight on Thurs. I got a flame out.<BR>Well trying
to avoid straining the plane through a barbed wire fence, I ran<BR>out of air
speed about 4 feet off the ground. The plane went in at a 45<BR>degree angle
and as soon as the spinner touched the earth the tail wrapped<BR>around the
fuse and broke off about 3in in front of the stab. The only other<BR>damage to
the plane was a cracked chin cowl. The spinner and prop were not<BR>even
nicked. This was one of the first Impacts to hit US soil, It came with<BR>no
directions and no tail formers. On a side note, I dusted off the
Focus,<BR>mounted my motor and electronics and got 3 trim flights in. Then
flew to a<BR>first place in Advanced. I do have to say, for me the Focus flies
much<BR>better then the Impact. I'm sad for the lost $$$ but somehow glad to
be<BR>flying the Focus again. <BR><BR>Michael
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<DIV>Michael</DIV>
<DIV>Don't through it away, mine broke in the air at the same place and I
repairerd it.Used thin CA to re-attach everything, cut an access window in the
bottom, glassed the broken area inside and out, removed and replaced the rudder
with a foam balsa rudder and added the former and reinforcing crutch then closed
the window with 1/16" balsa and repainted. total weight is the same after the
repairs but I had to move the battery forward to balance.</DIV>
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