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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / July 2004It just flew away!
Eight years ago I flew an R/C Piper Cub that took me about five months to get built. (not my first R/C plane) Got four flights on it ... then battery went dead...plane flew off into sunset. Last week I got call from a farmer 26 miles away, said he found a small plane with my AMA name inside of it and called me. The tail section was still up in a tree about 60 foot up, still in tack but very weather worn. Looked like it had made a noise dive into the tree. The engine and other parts where on the ground. Most all of the parts where still there. Would you believe that the Como engine after cleaning, started up the first time! I couldn't believe it. All the servos and rec. where junk and froze up with rust and mold and just years of weathering. But like a dummy I never thought of taking a camera with me to the site, and there is nothing but the engine to take a picture of now. After so long I just can't believe I found it. Live and learn newbie's!!!! Make sure you check your batteries before every flight! I learned it the expensive and hard way! Rick Shaw  Signaturehttp://home.fuse.net/rickshaw/ 26 miles away!! Was it at a low throttle setting or did it have a very large fuel tank?. At average model speeds, your talking half an hour of flight. You sure had it trimmed well, lol! Eight years ago I flew an R/C Piper Cub that took me about five months to get built. (not my first R/C plane) Got four flights on it ... then battery went dead...plane flew off into sunset. Last week I got call from a farmer 26 miles away, said he found a small plane with my AMA name inside of it and called me. The tail section was still up in a tree about 60 foot up, still in tack but very weather worn. Looked like it had made a noise dive into the tree. The engine and other parts where on the ground. Most all of the parts where still there. Would you believe that the Como engine after cleaning, started up the first time! I couldn't believe it. All the servos and rec. where junk and froze up with rust and mold and just years of weathering. But like a dummy I never thought of taking a camera with me to the site, and there is nothing but the engine to take a picture of now. After so long I just can't believe I found it. Live and learn newbie's!!!! Make sure you check your batteries before every flight! I learned it the expensive and hard way! Rick Shaw Signaturehttp://home.fuse.net/rickshaw/ > 26 miles away!! Was it at a low throttle setting or did it have a very large > fuel tank?. At average model speeds, your talking half an hour of flight. > You sure had it trimmed well, lol! > > Eight years ago I flew an R/C Piper Cub that took me about five months to > get built. Please note Frank he did say Piper Cub........26 miles......believable. :-) Mike At several cross countries I've participated in, where fuel consumption was part of the way of determining the winner/winners, the best performance attained was in the 12 to 14 oz range for a 50 mile flight. 26 miles is easy to believe for even a 25 size glow model. > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Mike > SignatureMike Gordon AMA 320990 Remember RC Pylon Racing, the ultimate thrill, when Sex and Drugs just ain't enough. I wasn't doubting the story, simply marveling at it! > At several cross countries I've participated in, where fuel consumption > was part of the way of determining the winner/winners, the best [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > Mike >I wasn't doubting the story, simply marveling at it! Back around the early 80`s, we chased a plane (low wing trainer type) with the same problem, dead battery. after 10 minutes or so into the flight, the plane flew along from our field at Hummelstown Pa., bout a mile or so east of the Penn National race track in Grantville Pa. As the crow flies it`s about 10 or 12 miles. I recall everyone thinking if it only had a full tank would it have made the mountain, around 700 ft AGL (it was slowly climbing) and did not crash till it went dry. I was in one of several chase cars and you could just make it out in the sky. We chased another one right around our field for 20 minutes once (old high wing type) engine quite and it glided down into the edge of a woods with only a small hole in the wing as total damage. If everything is just right it`s amazing what they can do. rick markel My Model Aircraft Home Page http://hometown.aol.com/aileron37/index.html > >I wasn't doubting the story, simply marveling at it! Read this http://www.henkimaa.nu/mow/things/auster.html and marvel even more! Peter Here's another aircraft story. This one is about an air force F-106 jet a/c that not only flew itself, but landed itself and is currently on display. http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf30.htm > > >I wasn't doubting the story, simply marveling at it! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Peter > > >I wasn't doubting the story, simply marveling at it! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Peter Preety neat Fling Scale Models has free plans in there May mag. An Auster J5 Adventurer ,4ch control, .20 2stroke. Mike I believe it! I had a Telemaster 40 that had a radio failure just after takeoff. It just kept climbing in a big with its Saito 50 running at about half throttle. It disappeared in the clouds, but we could still hear the engine for about 15 minutes. If your Cub was in a fairly good breeze, it could easily cover that distance. I lost mine on a calm day and it came down in the woods about a mile from our field. A hunter found it three months later, kept it in his storage building until he removed the wing and found my phone number inside. I lost the plane in July and got it back in November. I put my phone number on the outside of the plane now along with the magic words "Reward for return". BTW, the Saito was fine, too. It flew again in a Cloud Dancer until my dumb thumbs crashed it. Morris Eight years ago I flew an R/C Piper Cub that took me about five months to get built. (not my first R/C plane) Got four flights on it ... then battery went dead...plane flew off into sunset. Last week I got call from a farmer 26 miles away, said he found a small plane with my AMA name inside of it and called me. The tail section was still up in a tree about 60 foot up, still in tack but very weather worn. Looked like it had made a noise dive into the tree. The engine and other parts where on the ground. Most all of the parts where still there. Would you believe that the Como engine after cleaning, started up the first time! I couldn't believe it. All the servos and rec. where junk and froze up with rust and mold and just years of weathering. But like a dummy I never thought of taking a camera with me to the site, and there is nothing but the engine to take a picture of now. After so long I just can't believe I found it. Live and learn newbie's!!!! Make sure you check your batteries before every flight! I learned it the expensive and hard way! Rick Shaw -- http://home.fuse.net/rickshaw/ Now that is funny!! -- Keith4322 It's great that you got part of the plane back. I don't doubt for a minute that the plane would go that far. A credit to your building and flight trimming skills. We have a large irrigation canal running behind our field. In the last ten years, we have had two planes go into that canal. One was an old Byron P-40 with a G-62 that folded the wings. the other was a sport plane with a Webra 32. In both instances, when the canal was drained in late October, the engines were recovered and suffered no damage, both being reused. Later Bill Eight years ago I flew an R/C Piper Cub that took me about five months to get built. (not my first R/C plane) Got four flights on it ... then battery went dead...plane flew off into sunset. Last week I got call from a farmer 26 miles away, said he found a small plane with my AMA name inside of it and called me. The tail section was still up in a tree about 60 foot up, still in tack but very weather worn. Looked like it had made a noise dive into the tree. The engine and other parts where on the ground. Most all of the parts where still there. Would you believe that the Como engine after cleaning, started up the first time! I couldn't believe it. All the servos and rec. where junk and froze up with rust and mold and just years of weathering. But like a dummy I never thought of taking a camera with me to the site, and there is nothing but the engine to take a picture of now. After so long I just can't believe I found it. Live and learn newbie's!!!! Make sure you check your batteries before every flight! I learned it the expensive and hard way! Rick Shaw -- http://home.fuse.net/rickshaw/ > ... Would you believe that the Como engine after cleaning, started up the first time! Awesome! > ... But like a dummy I never thought of taking a camera with me to the site, and > there is nothing but the engine to take a picture of now. Thanks for sharing the story anyway. >Live and learn newbie's!!!! Make sure you check your batteries before every flight! Good point. Marty |
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