The day I had always been dreading. To actually crash a large model aircraft. This is why I mainly fly the 400mm foamies as they are resilient. They gave me the confidence to try to fly too. Last year I got a 1500mm Tasman and have flown that 9 days (over 20 flights, 1.5 hours) but have replaced that for now with this aircraft.

It had its maiden flight yesterday, and all was well. It was windy and again today. The wind caught me out as I made a fast turn (45 mph dive). As I turned the wind blew onto the model and it dived quickly. I had little height, so my fault. I had no gyro operational (experienced mode). This was my 11th large plane flying day with 2 hours flight time. I am still getting used to these larger aircraft. Incidentally I have another 40 hours with the 400mm foamies.

So the repair begun just before 1pm and after 4pm just gone it was done. Fairly neat and all operational. Lucky I had no smashed parts to replace. Used UHU, UHU Por (flexible), Epoxy and Super Glue. Check servo and range after.

Nothing was bent other than the foam.

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