Like the song says..

[Old Fart]

Some days you're the windshield - some days you're the bug..

Saturday started out fine - impromptu Cub day at the field.



A few more Cubs showed up


Nice to fly with other planes like yours - especially when you've got a bigger motor

....until your undersized elevator servo strips out...

[FishPOET]

Ouch. Did the black box data reveal any facts?

[Old Fart]

Yep. It revealed that you don't install a servo with 44 oz of torque in a position that needs almost TWICE that

[sarah]

Cooooool - where did the flights take place?

[Old Fart]

Sarah, that's one of our club (Pomona Valley Model Airplane Club) fields. Just north of the 91 back in behind the Prado dam.

www.pvmac.com

[dirtman13]

Ouch. That sucks. I'll stick with my 10 scale cars.

[Old Fart]

I'll probably get a 1/4 scale Clipped Wing Monocoupe 110 to replace it. Need to see if the Zenoah (motor) is salvageable first

[RAT]

Too small a servo. Is that the same as Oops, I went down when I shoulda gone up!

[Materdaddy]

OUCH!

I'll stick with my foamie sloper... I beat the hell outta that thing.

[Old Fart]

I tried down as well - figuring I'd pull inverted and roll - nada.

Now that my electric field is back in operation, I'll be flying a few of my foamies as well.

[NAILER341]

damn! is there insurance on those things?