Totaled L-39

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Saw a great crash today.

One of the guys has a L-34 large foamie. This bird has been repaired a few times and had 2 baths in the ocean.
Today he failed his hand launch, expert flyer, broke the fuse off from the LE of the wings and tore off a wing.
We all said time to retire the bird. 
Next thing we knew he was back after a tube of CA..Off he went, we grabbed the cameras to watch what we knew what was going to happen.
A low level pass with a banking turn only to see the wing come off again.
This time she hit the deck hard and there was foam every where followed by smoke and more smoke then the fire started...We all couldnt stop laughing.....Then I remembered he was using my RX so it was a dash with water to save the remains..
The Radio was ejected out of the plane so it was fine...
The 4 cell Li-Po didnt leave much left of the mid section of the fuse...
She is now retired.

I glued my HK F16 that I lost in the sun a few weeks ago crushing the fuse and a broken wing...Simple fix plus gluing back 2 control horns to the wing and stab.
Off I went and after a few laps watched her spiral into the ground....
Bloody Murphy!! The other 2 control horns that I didnt reglue came off.......Bin job 

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cptn blinky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Platinum (AU) USERID: 298454 Hobbyking Addict Joined: 29/Jun/2010 Location: au broome Online Status: Offline Posts: 696	Quote Reply Topic: Totaled L-39 Posted: 06/Mar/2011 at 10:46am
	Saw a great crash today. One of the guys has a L-34 large foamie. This bird has been repaired a few times and had 2 baths in the ocean. Today he failed his hand launch, expert flyer, broke the fuse off from the LE of the wings and tore off a wing. We all said time to retire the bird. Next thing we knew he was back after a tube of CA..Off he went, we grabbed the cameras to watch what we knew what was going to happen. A low level pass with a banking turn only to see the wing come off again. This time she hit the deck hard and there was foam every where followed by smoke and more smoke then the fire started...We all couldnt stop laughing.....Then I remembered he was using my RX so it was a dash with water to save the remains.. The Radio was ejected out of the plane so it was fine... The 4 cell Li-Po didnt leave much left of the mid section of the fuse... She is now retired. I glued my HK F16 that I lost in the sun a few weeks ago crushing the fuse and a broken wing...Simple fix plus gluing back 2 control horns to the wing and stab. Off I went and after a few laps watched her spiral into the ground.... Bloody Murphy!! The other 2 control horns that I didnt reglue came off.......Bin job
	Right after a spectacular crash, the pilot yelled out ''Channel 35 clear!

vasy1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (CA) USERID: 15488 HobbyKing aficionado Joined: 10/May/2009 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 1064	Quote Reply Posted: 06/Mar/2011 at 5:50pm
	pictures, we demand pictures!!!!!! My friend's poore Habu. Another take Edited by vasy1 - 07/Mar/2011 at 2:28am

karoliinasalmin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (FI) USERID: 1234240 Newbie Joined: 12/Feb/2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Quote Reply Posted: 02/Mar/2012 at 7:47pm
	This Habu at least looks to be in repairable condition. I had my Sportjet in a similar condition before I glued it together.

OldNick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (AU) USERID: 1214750 HobbyKing Constituent Joined: 26/Dec/2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 06/Jul/2012 at 7:52pm
	Was the owner/pilot laughing? It's a bit scary that you laughed until it was your misfortune, because it was your gear.... If he was laughing as well then fair enough.