3
Initial Flight
The aircraft has a maiden flight on September 23 – actually two flights – which were both
without incident or issue.
All concerned onlookers were reasonably well impressed with the sound system output. The
sound was in keeping with the speed and all agreed it was a good result.
Tip Stall Incident
On the third flight a tip stall was experienced with the aircraft being damaged on impact.
The motor shaft was bent, various cracks in the foam were to be noted, the wing saddle was
significantly moved with resultant damage / distortion.
Refer to the end of this build record for details / method of repairs.
Pleasingly the wing spar modification proved to be impact resistant as initially – based on
the experiences of others – the walk up to the aircraft on the ground was somewhat
hesitant.
Cowl was damaged and one propeller blade broken off.
