Best crash video

[Daniel11]

If there is anyone who is not afraid to post their best crash videos (READ: DESTROYED THEIR PLANE!), please do post them.

[rc_ron]

splash at www.e-flightline.com just posted this one. its pretty nice!

http://www.e-flightline.com/movies/P-40%20last%20flight.wmv


also check out this one -- its one of my favorites!

http://s89817607.onlinehome.us/rc/random/jetcrash.mpg


and i'll throw in a few crashes of my own....

http://s89817607.onlinehome.us/rc/stryker/stryker3.wmv (i crash in the middle into a tree WITH THORNS! also, that was my brushed stryker. please compare to the brushLESS upgrade below...)

http://s89817607.onlinehome.us/rc/stryker/strykercrash.wmv

[gazza2003au]

rc_ron is that the hobbyzone stryker?

[Magnum9]

I'm trying to figure out if the sound after that jet crash is the turbine still flying off doing it's own thing, or if another plane is in the background.

Watch the pilot put his hands on his hips, he just can't believe the carnage he caused!

[pimp_squeak]

I'm trying to figure out if the sound after that jet crash is the turbine still flying off doing it's own thing, or if another plane is in the background.

Watch the pilot put his hands on his hips, he just can't believe the carnage he caused!
I noticed that too! a pretty spectacular screw up if you ask me. must have "wow"ed some of the spectators, especially the ones without models of their own ^_^

[gazza2003au]

if there was any wows' it would have come from the other guys with costly plans that know how much time and money has been put into that fine machine i would guess a few grand

[pimp_squeak]

if there was any wows' it would have come from the other guys with costly plans that know how much time and money has been put into that fine machine i would guess a few grand
I'm talking about the people who have never tried to build anything before. the time and money invested in a machine that spectacular must have been enormous

[Magnum9]

I know some guys who build jets (we actually used to machine all of the turbine parts for TJT) and you don't get any change out of 10 grand.

[Paranoia]

just see this link....

http://www.rcwarbirds.com/jacksb25page.htm

[rc_ron]

rc_ron is that the hobbyzone stryker?

the white jet with either black or red stripes is a hobbyzone/parkzone stryker.
you can buy the body and build it for pretty cheap ($60) and its a great plane.

the first video was with the stock 480 motor. the second is with a brushless 400-4200 e-flight park and 3 cell lipo. most of that video was at half throttle. it goes WOT for the final circuit (you can see the nose tuck as it picks up speed -- it really moves!).

that B-25 video was really sad.... did he make it out of matchsticks??? it disentigrated!!!

[rc_ron]

I'm trying to figure out if the sound after that jet crash is the turbine still flying off doing it's own thing, or if another plane is in the background.

its wind....

[Flying Weasle]

That B machine is just plain sad.

[Magnum9]

Yeah I kind of figured it was wind after watching it a few more times. That B-25 was an awesome machine - how unlucky was he to lose an engine that close to the ground.

[Fred Bronk]

Please, lets keep this based towards Parkflyers guys.

Thanks, Fred

[ripper69]

This was a park flyer: http://jbrc.rchomepage.com/The%20Death%20of%20the%20Beaver.wmv

[Hogster]

If you would like a forum created specifically to do with crashes, please vote YES here!

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=266514&page=1&pp=15

Thanks! :D Gotta get this ball rolling!

[Paranoia]

That B machine is just plain sad.

Yes it's very said, he should have landed when he had the chance.





I did the same thing with my 38” wing B-25 scratch build foamy, I lost a prop mid air, (dam push on rubber prop adaptor) and the plane snapped hard left on me at low altitude. Sorry I didn’t have a camera running at the time. I’m currently rebuilding the plane, and upgrading it to twin brushless and glassing it…..

[Paranoia]

look at this....

http://www.stukastudios.se/b52.htm

[traderghost]

Thanks for the link, Paranoia! Such a pity the B-52 has to go down like that. I couldn't see the fire in the video, but the fire was shown so clearly in the still picture. It was as if someone shoot a missile at it.

[bugleboy]

What happened with the B-52? What a shame.

[gpw-Pat]

Well this is the biggest rc crash I have seen

b-52 crash (http://www.teambanana.co.uk/b52crash2.wmv)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.ashley/teambananaracing/b52model.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.ashley/teambananaracing/b52site.jpg

[Michael Heer]

There is now a crash discussion forum based on the poll discussed in this thread. Since enough of you wanted a crash forum i am moving this thread over to that new forum. Moderator Mike

[Hank Scorpio]

just see this link....

http://www.rcwarbirds.com/jacksb25page.htm


I can't believe that a guy experienced enough to be flying this B-25 would actually attempt a go around after a prop strike like that and then be surprised that he lost the engine. Such a beautiful plane. I know it's easy to be an armchair quarterback but I guess he figured that the prop didn't destroy itself on impact and the motor was still running but still, it looked like a recoverable landing after the first bounce. My 2 Cents

[Paranoia]

I can't believe that a guy experienced enough to be flying this B-25 would actually attempt a go around after a prop strike like that and then be surprised that he lost the engine. Such a beautiful plane. I know it's easy to be an armchair quarterback but I guess he figured that the prop didn't destroy itself on impact and the motor was still running but still, it looked like a recoverable landing after the first bounce. My 2 Cents



Yes I know; He should have cut the power at the point the plane touched the ground. The plane was lost at this point.

A problem the plane may have had is the landing gear couldn’t take a less then prefect landing, and that “mound of none glassed area” didn’t help. Also the plane did look too heavy overall.


Even if an engine is loss in-flight, the second should be able to fly the plane, on sure a large plane. This is a key season for using twins, the other season is the two engines provide a lot of power for flight.

Maybe the plane was too heavy to fly with one engine, and or the props selection was wrong. Or he just cut the second engine?? Or the plane was likely under powered and over weight, that’s what crashed the plane?





::::Oh, i just readed the web site info on the plane, the air frame only cost the guy $100? And one of the engines was a "Husqvarna 3120 demolition saw" converted. And the landing gear was hame made. For the record the plane was 100 pounds, and it was a 1/4 scale model.

[Hogster]

I reckon it was the asymmetric thrust that caused the crash. The prop-strike on landing probably damaged the left-hand prop, and a short time later the prop disintegrated, allowing the engine to run up to full no-load speed (you can hear the pitch going way up). All the thrust was then being produced by the right-hand engine, making the plane roll over to the left. I doubt it was underpowered - it seemed to climb well after the main take-off.

[Hank Scorpio]

I agree with the asymmetric trust causing the final outcome. When I was doing my multi engine endorsment 15 years ago in a Piper Aztec, it used to catch me off gaurd once in a while when the instructor would "fail" and engine on me and she'd roll and yaw to the dead engine all of a sudden. I'd have plenty of time to react mind you but with a model things happen so much faster especially that low to the ground. My greatest fear was always engine failure after V1 closely followed by fire on board. When the engine quit on the B-25 you could really see a dramatic yaw/roll towards the dead engine. It looks like he overcorrected initially and then stalled it.