04-08-2013, 01:11 AM
I had 6 flights with the Dynamite prototype today, It was going very well, Steve H, Adrian and I were racing three similar models around the sky and having a lot of fun.
Steve’s Bandit, The Dynamite and Adrian's Interceptor are fairly closely matched as far as speed goes and they are all about the same size. So that made things very interesting. It was exciting to fly with them in the air as well. Great stuff !!
It was all heart pumping fast and furious action until, the last flight when Adrian and I were flying long circuits with fairly hard and tight turns at each end. I think what happened was Adrian went long and turned back while I was still going out and both models met head on. There was an enormous crash as the Dynamite and the Interceptor impacted against each other with a closing speed of over 400 kilometres per hour. I’ve never seen anything like it. Pieces went in several different directions. From the recovered wreckage it seemed that the wings had come together. The Dynamite’s wing was recovered but suffered damage beyond repair, the main structure of the spar still had it’s integrity but the impact has really damaged the foam core around the rest of the wing. The port aileron servo was smashed to pieces all that remained with the wing was part of the circuit board and the bottom of the servo’s plastic case. The Dynamites fuse is undamaged save for a broken engine mount and the prop is missing it’s blades. Adrian's interceptor lost it’s canopy and about 1/3 of it’s port wing. The horizontal stab didn’t look very serviceable either but almost everything from both models was recovered.
Steve’s Bandit, The Dynamite and Adrian's Interceptor are fairly closely matched as far as speed goes and they are all about the same size. So that made things very interesting. It was exciting to fly with them in the air as well. Great stuff !!
It was all heart pumping fast and furious action until, the last flight when Adrian and I were flying long circuits with fairly hard and tight turns at each end. I think what happened was Adrian went long and turned back while I was still going out and both models met head on. There was an enormous crash as the Dynamite and the Interceptor impacted against each other with a closing speed of over 400 kilometres per hour. I’ve never seen anything like it. Pieces went in several different directions. From the recovered wreckage it seemed that the wings had come together. The Dynamite’s wing was recovered but suffered damage beyond repair, the main structure of the spar still had it’s integrity but the impact has really damaged the foam core around the rest of the wing. The port aileron servo was smashed to pieces all that remained with the wing was part of the circuit board and the bottom of the servo’s plastic case. The Dynamites fuse is undamaged save for a broken engine mount and the prop is missing it’s blades. Adrian's interceptor lost it’s canopy and about 1/3 of it’s port wing. The horizontal stab didn’t look very serviceable either but almost everything from both models was recovered.
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