3DHS 58" Edge 540
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gyro
GSN Contributor
I'm sorry to hear that Mark... I'm sure your very bummed. Will you try to repair her?
Ohio AV8TOR
Just Do It
Something is not processing with me as the wings folded forward not backwards and the kink in the center tube is back. The fuselage sides are the attachment point and thus the pivot point for stress and the wind resistance will be pushing back on the wings not forward. Looks to me more like a slow speed straight nose in impact. The fuselage stops abruptly and the energy of the wings keep moving forward until they meet the ground as well which is just about level with the spinner.
gyro
GSN Contributor
The interior fuse damage does look a lot like some nose first impacts I've had... but obviously the plane didn't float down on a parachute, so it must have impacted the ground in some fashion, probably nose first. I'm still trying to envision how the wing tube could break like that in flight. I've honestly never heard of it happening.
-G
quadracer
100cc
If you look closely at the end of the sleeve for the wing tube, the angle (where it is cut to match the fuse's angle) looks to me like it is rotated around backward, which likely happened after impact, which means the break wasn't pointing rearward, but toward the front.
Luv3d
70cc twin V2
I can't tell you guys where the initial failure point was- I can only state it was clearly the wing tube. I agree with some of the assumptions about the wing placement after the impact. I don't remember adding power to try to shallow/slow the descent, but the plane clearly had forward momentum, as the landing gear mount ripped out and rotated backwards. I think the CF landing gear itself is actually ok. In short, this all happened pretty quicky, and though there might have been some generally nose low component, I recall it falling pretty horizontally until impact. The actual impact does support a nose-first hit. You can see I had elevator in all the way to 'touchdown'. In fact the elevator servo stripped/locked when it hit. I think the wings falling forward are just a function of the wing tube looking like a 'v' in the descent (when the wings folded), then they needed to fall in one direction or another upon impact- maybe since the plane did hit nose first, the tube/sleeve just rotated backwards because the mass of the wings had forward momentum. I never thought about that until you guys brought it up...it all happened in such a surreal moment, honestly.
Steve_B
70cc twin V2
Am I the only one to find this a little disappointing, given 3DHS' reputation for customer service?
njswede
150cc
As no one replied I guess it is only me that expected more from 3DHS
I hear you but... The reason I didn't reply is that I've learned the hard way to stay out of these types of discussions if I don't have all the details.
Luv3d
70cc twin V2
Guys,
I'm almost sorry to have even mentioned this. At this point, I'm waiting on a call from Noll to discuss the event, as I'm not sure he has been involved with this. 3DHS has always been fair to me in the past- since I first started purchasing planes there back in the spring of 2010. The planes have been great, and customer service has kept me loyal.
I hope to hear from Noll soon.
I'm almost sorry to have even mentioned this. At this point, I'm waiting on a call from Noll to discuss the event, as I'm not sure he has been involved with this. 3DHS has always been fair to me in the past- since I first started purchasing planes there back in the spring of 2010. The planes have been great, and customer service has kept me loyal.
I hope to hear from Noll soon.