My first ( well almost ) of 2011

Ta guys...its just the way it goes sometimes in this hobby.

Oh bloody hell mate - really genuinely gutted for you!


Looks like the Gremlins are at the field at the moment!

Ben...once you've been in this game as long as some of us have, you get philosophical about such things - as my old instructor said many years ago...
"its only a bit of wood"

Oh

yep Dan your right twitchy think i had read somewhere to dial out the neg pitch at low throttle ah well

Absolutely gutted my friend, 3 in a row Us oilies may be dirty but normaly keep it up for longer

Shan't bore you all with the long version ( its over on RCME forum if you want that ) but after extensive analysis, the culprit has been found. A main power supply lead / gold connector joint joint failed on the data logger to ESC input, ( lucky in some ways it was on-board the model - maybe unlucky in other ways ) causing an immediate and total loss of everything 24 seconds into flight, as the separate heavy duty UBEC was powered by the same main battery.
RIP PC9

Gutted for ya Tim.
At least you found something wrong.

Danny.

Flew so nice I just had to get another, and she's all ready to go.
Hope the weather plays ball, oh, and that she lasts longer than the first
one.

Just read that you bought another - I was going to say "bloody hell you repaired that well from your bag of bits! LOL
Fingers crossed - the first time round was just a one off! Id quite like to see this one fly at the field sometime!

Cheers Ben.

When is the weather booked for the maiden Tim?

Good on you Tim, just as good looking as the one before fingers crossed good weather. Good luck with the Maiden.

Darn strong winds - oh, hang on, that means we can slope