[paulj]

Well Gunfighter has been recovered.
As mentioned in the "flying this week" thread a
lady from Mimosa Avenue rang me this morning to say she had found it.
When I first looked at it after picking up, I thought that there did not appear
to be much damage done. However, on closer inspection I have found a few
problems that may have lead to the crash.
The connecting piece between the left and right elevators is broken and hinges are loose.
Prior to loss, I was noticing that aircraft was climbing and hard down elevator was only just
keeping plane level. Attempts to turn aircraft also resulted in plane going into a spiral which could only
be stopped by attempting to turn in opposite direction.
I believe that what was actually happening was that one half of elevator was stuck in one position and the other
was moving in the opposite direction thus acting like an aileron.
Horizontal Stab is cracked and twisted this could have been the result of a crash landing or due to stress with
opposite elevators.
Battery appears ok and is currently being balanced. There was 11.4V left in the battery, all 3 cells had at least 3.6Volts or more.
Receiver appears undamaged but will subject this to a range check before installing in another aircraft.
ESC appears ok. Motor appears to have a bent shaft. New prop is undamaged as was the new cowl.
As luck would have it I have a brand new fuselage and wing for the gunfighter and I will bring this into service now so
Gunfighter is still alive.
Here is some video I have taken of the recovered plane.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfJ89bQ1I8[/youtube]

Paul