Flying Wing R/C Airplane Crash (Lost Right-Side Aileron+Elevator Channel)

(Actual crash begins at 0:30)

Ever wonder what happens when one of the aileron/elevator channels is lost during flight, on a true flying-wing aircraft? (Keep in mind that a flying wing doesn't have independent ailerons and elevator channels...they're mixed, they're the same thing).

What happened was, every time we tried to go UP, it went LEFT. It's a shame that yeah, it turned the finely-built airplane into a pile of balsa wood out in a field.

This was the plane's second flight. The first flight was beautiful, we took it around in the pattern 10 or 12 times with no problems other than a kinked fuel line. We lost engine power, which wasn't a big deal (we just landed it dead-stick).

After fixing the fuel-line problem, one of the connectors on the receiver must have come loose, because after pre-flighting the aircraft and everything, the problem still happened. That's no-bueno on a nice shiny new aircraft.

Sakis handled the loss of $400.00 and his construction time really well, and went on to build yet another ridiculously powerful and high speed aircraft. He flew it today, and reports great success. Knowing him it's probably Quickie-500 class with a .60 on the front ; )

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[Pyrotrons]

Actually, we're both highly experienced.

We lost one of the elevon (aileron + elevator) channels after the pre-flight check.

[cashpoboy]

Either lost radio.....or newby thinking he would not need help. Happens all too often. Wish they would get help. Lots of people come and go in this hobby because of first plane crashes. Hopefully he will stick with it. Good Luck.