It wouldn’t turn because it was already stalled. That wing never saw enough airspeed to fly. That was all engine pulling that plane up and even that sounded anemic for a 120. You have to let a plane FLY if you want to FLY a plane.
Classic stalling all the way into the dirt take off was slow and mushy. never had the speed once you tried to climb the wing defiantly stalled and in you go .
Wow you should work for the NTSB if you don’t already. Not even a 1% chance the Y harness for the ailerons that was soldiered together 25 years ago was the cause? And all from a 36 second video, impressive 🙄
@@BillCranfordYou shot @TamiyaExperienced down with a really sarky comment, yet in other comments you state that it was indeed most likely a stall, hence pilot error. So what was the cause?! Either way I'm sorry your friend lost this classic RC. I hope he can at least be able to use that lovely four stroke again, maybe in another aircraft..?
@@michaelcliffe562 like you said indeed most likely, Not 100%. I destroyed a friends electric 6s plane. The cause was most likely a bad soldier joint on the series battery connection to the 3s batteries. But can anyone be 100% sure why an RC plane went down? Especially from watching a 36 second video?
Back in the day of control line, I built a a Fokker WW1 biplane fighter(against my hobby store owner's advice). First flight did pretty much what this one did. I don't think there was enough rudder to keep tension and it just turned toward me and I had to run to get out of the way as it crashed down. I rebuilt it with more rudder and it flew okay, but never great. The Autogyro I built from old mechanix illustrated plans flew better! Sorry for your loss. Is it rebuildable?
Thanks, it’s not mine. A friend at our club asked me to tune the engine for him. It was built by his father 25-30 years ago and never flown. Sadly it was pretty much toothpicks other than the tail.
oh no! since it was that old it could have been hinge or control horn failure? something old and brittle broke and it lost horizontal control. maybe? that would be my first guess. that's why I don't fly old planes without rebuilding and checking absolutely everything first.
@@thatairplaneguy I did the exact same thing with a great planes piper cub 1/4 with an OS40. Maiden flight it took off no problem but I had too much pitch up attitude and it stalled out. Luckily it came down in tall grass and I was able to fix it the same day.
It wouldn’t turn because it was already stalled. That wing never saw enough airspeed to fly. That was all engine pulling that plane up and even that sounded anemic for a 120.
You have to let a plane FLY if you want to FLY a plane.
I feared a stall. that’s why you can hear me say “don’t climb too much” hoping he could get it to gain more airspeed.
Bummer was cool plane
Well damn.
It is obvious what happened need I say more?
Classic stalling all the way into the dirt take off was slow and mushy. never had the speed once you tried to climb the wing defiantly stalled and in you go .
100% Pilot error
Wow you should work for the NTSB if you don’t already. Not even a 1% chance the Y harness for the ailerons that was soldiered together 25 years ago was the cause? And all from a 36 second video, impressive 🙄
@@BillCranford Sorry about your plane, but did you ground check that stuff beforehand?
@@SomeGuyInSandy not mine. A friends. Yes we did. You never know how a maiden is going to go.
@@BillCranfordYou shot @TamiyaExperienced down with a really sarky comment, yet in other comments you state that it was indeed most likely a stall, hence pilot error. So what was the cause?! Either way I'm sorry your friend lost this classic RC. I hope he can at least be able to use that lovely four stroke again, maybe in another aircraft..?
@@michaelcliffe562 like you said indeed most likely, Not 100%. I destroyed a friends electric 6s plane. The cause was most likely a bad soldier joint on the series battery connection to the 3s batteries. But can anyone be 100% sure why an RC plane went down? Especially from watching a 36 second video?
Back in the day of control line, I built a a Fokker WW1 biplane fighter(against my hobby store owner's advice). First flight did pretty much what this one did. I don't think there was enough rudder to keep tension and it just turned toward me and I had to run to get out of the way as it crashed down. I rebuilt it with more rudder and it flew okay, but never great. The Autogyro I built from old mechanix illustrated plans flew better!
Sorry for your loss. Is it rebuildable?
Thanks, it’s not mine. A friend at our club asked me to tune the engine for him. It was built by his father 25-30 years ago and never flown. Sadly it was pretty much toothpicks other than the tail.
oh no! since it was that old it could have been hinge or control horn failure? something old and brittle broke and it lost horizontal control. maybe? that would be my first guess. that's why I don't fly old planes without rebuilding and checking absolutely everything first.
Everything seemed to check out ok, but I know what you’re saying. My thought was just not enough airspeed on the climb out.
@@BillCranford very possible. Too bad.
if I had a dollar for every plane I've destroyed...I'd have enough for another plane to destroy 😂.
No it was a stall. Nothing had to break for that wing to drop. All lack of airspeed.
@@thatairplaneguy I did the exact same thing with a great planes piper cub 1/4 with an OS40. Maiden flight it took off no problem but I had too much pitch up attitude and it stalled out. Luckily it came down in tall grass and I was able to fix it the same day.
Super crappy no matter the reason.
Yeah. Wish the pilot and I had another chance at this. It’s really just a piece of art until it flies. It was a plane for a short time.