My first RC crash

My first RC crash

Great... A few hours to build, 8 seconds to destroy.

I read *everywhere* on the net that you should not try to fly your airplane when there is more wind than 3-5 mph. The best pilots have trouble if the wind is higher than 10 mph. The problem is that in San Francisco there is always wind, so I have no real choice.

Anyway, I went out to Golden Gate park to try my little RC aircraft. I crashed it 8 seconds after take-off. When I got home, I checked the wind on weather.com (just curious...). It is reported at 20mph...

I broke the propeller, the wing and the engine cowling. The good news, is that these parts are all available as spare (I am not the only stupid pilot).


The propeller and the engine cowling

The wing

My first Remote Control aircraft

During this long independence day week-end, I built my first RC aircraft.

I bought a strip of yellow, blue and black self-adhesive to make it look like N236SP. Here are a few pictures:

The remote control receptor

The servos to move the rudder and elevator

The receptor and servos in place, connected to the rods

The rods connected to the elevator (but not to the rudder yet)

The fuselage (without wing and rudder) ready for the "paint job and signage"

Ready with the tail and wings (but no wings struts)

Ready to fly (and crash...) - with wing struts

With his little brother, the matchbox model