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06-28-2004, 08:14 PM | #2 |
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I recently went to the Bay of Quinte jet rally and fell in love with turbine powered jets. However the face on the guy in that video that just crashed his F16 is why I will never have a model that costs that much. A model like that costs you twice...once when you buy it and once when you crash it.
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06-28-2004, 08:27 PM | #3 |
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now lets see some giant scale crashes,,,!
Seriously, if you look at the circumstances, a lot of them are preventable, some of the issues are pilot skill, others are technical...where a thorough prefilght should have identified the problem when the model was safely on the ground...
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Ok.... was that all in one day? Or even one weekend? Becuase if so, after maybe the first few crashes, would it not click in that the RC Gods were being very unforgiving?
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#1 - guys are afraid to fly their expensive models, and get very upset when they crash. #2 - guys who "forget" about the costs and enjoy the planes just like they do any other lower cost model. Its not easy losing a plane, but when you are in the hobby for many years I think you appreciate the fact no model lasts forever. I for one would rather fly my jets and risk the total loss of one (or more) than just think about flying them as they sit safe and sound in my garage....
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06-28-2004, 10:10 PM | #6 |
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one of my friends said
"there is a hole out there for every model.. you just don't know where or when you will find it." You have to keep in perspective that, like the media, this video sensationalizes a small portion of a small segement of the modeling community. I've been to many events - scale, big birds, sailplanes, and jets where nothing bad happened and everyone had a great time...!
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06-28-2004, 11:27 PM | #7 |
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Nony, I agree with you that a lot of those did not have to happen.
Not that I am an expert at flying RC models, I have yet to start buddy boxing my Otter, but I have a full size license and what I saw, more than a few times in that video, was a basic lack of understanding of what affects an aircraft in flight. With the smaller models that are slower and have a power to weight ratio that favors power, you can get you plane out of a bad situation by hitting the throttle. But in large, fast and high wing loading aircraft, coupled now with the quirks of turbine reaction time, you need a good knowledge of how an aircraft flies and the need to be thinking ahead of the plane all the time. It is really sad to see the faces of those who just lost their work and pride, but I think that a whole new attitude to flying is needed for these craft. Dan |
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06-29-2004, 05:55 AM | #8 |
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I have seen this before and i think that some one had mentioned that it was a lot higher altitude then what most have run these models at. That was what was causing the flame outs. At least thats what i read anyway.
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06-29-2004, 06:25 AM | #9 |
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Hmmm... I have a hard time seeing how altitude change could be causing turbine flame outs, that should all be taken care of by the ECM.
But, it would definatly affect the flight characteristics of the planes. As I mentioned, this should all be pre-determined by the pilot of the plane. Dan |
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