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July 04, 2005

My first RC crash

Great... A few hours to build, 8 seconds to destroy.

I read *everywhere* on the net that you should not try to fly your airplane when there is more wind than 3-5 mph. The best pilots have trouble if the wind is higher than 10 mph. The problem is that in San Francisco there is always wind, so I have no real choice.

Anyway, I went out to Golden Gate park to try my little RC aircraft. I crashed it 8 seconds after take-off. When I got home, I checked the wind on weather.com (just curious...). It is reported at 20mph...

I broke the propeller, the wing and the engine cowling. The good news, is that these parts are all available as spare (I am not the only stupid pilot).


The propeller and the engine cowling

The wing

Posted by Elie at July 4, 2005 06:46 PM