Folding Under Pressure

Well, a funny thing happened at the field today. I was flying with a mate - me with the elebee and him with his Electrafun. He was messing around doing some continuous stall turning and zooming and had built up a terrific clip of airspeed. I was focusing on what I was doing but got a glimpse of his plan out the corner of my eye, and was immediatelly concerned about how much flex his ship had in the wings. Not a moment of thought later, snap. Wing folded and down she came - spiralling earthwards, and crash.

Thinking he had folded it out on one of the tips I reminded him about the need for tape, but I'm not sure tape would have helped. He busted the spar almost immediatelly above the fuselage, and that is where the wing broke through - just amazing. Should have snapped a picture - didn't - oh well. Needless to say, the Electrafun was basically undamaged otherwise from its 30 metre plummet to the ground - what a ship.

Was trying some different props on the elebee today - a GWS 5x3 and a spare electrafun prop - my opinion - neither was as good as the stock prop. Bit dissapointing. Maybe a 5 x 5 might be better suited, if such things exist.

Have ordered quite a few new things this week. A cheap brushless motor/speedie combo is on its way, as is a 25Amp speedie (with the duck's guts of BEC), some more 36.550Mhz Crystals and a new receiver. Much of this is aimed at having the necessary components ready for the arrival of my Ultrafly brushless P51 Mustang (which my other half has confirmed I am getting for my birthday - woohoo).