Death of Twister C/L Airplane

Hey Y'all Went Back out Fun Day Sunday to Have a Blessed day in Peace with my Oldest Hobby, Control Line Flyin, Model Airplanes Or Commonly Called U-Control. Had a Great Time Stormy to start but ended up Nice, got some Clips of My Not so Good Flyin Skills where I killed My Sig Twister Kinda Hurt My Feeling I have Pulled that stunt many times with no problems but today Think I caught a gust lines went slack she went straight In , LOL That's Part of the Hobby I do like Building and fixing Crashing is not My Plan Enjoy Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and Comment Thanks

[@bookerol]

Never "The End"! Wayyyy back when my friend and I flew every weekend, one would occasionally crash. I was the resident repair guy and by the next weekend, all were in the air again. I miss those days... not sure if I could still go round and round, but I do have a desire to drag the old planes out again. and... I still have the unfinished Twister and a Flying Fool, in the same state. I just retired weeks ago. Guess I'll have to get busy again. Oscar

[@yarsmythe]

Sad to see that happen. The first time my father let me fly his beloved "Twister", I began a wing-over and the engine separated from the fuselage. I was horrified - my Dad loved that plane. Turned out, the plywood was fuel soaked from years of flying and was destined to fail. Found a NIB Twister last year at a Swap Meet. I plan to build and paint it in the same scheme as his. Might go electric this time. ;)

[@SunnyAdkinson]

Hey Stan I've been their. Hard to tell but it looked like she came in on ya. Their for a while every time I flew I Crashed. But was able to repair the damage. Discovered it was moving my handle and lines from plane to plane was causing this. Hey Merry Christmas. I am hoping for a better New Year in 24.

[@jeremyburton9038]

The engine sounded a little rich

[@jamesberwick2210]

Another victim added to the graveyard of UC Models. Mine had plenty of company, a pile out on a concrete pad.

[@tedsmith6137]

Well, if you took off down wind, as recommended, then you were doing the manoeuvrers in the wrong place. Should have been done on the downwind arc.

[@MrSuzuki1187]

Absolutely!!! I have 30,000 hours flying real airplanes where we always took off into the wind. But with a C/L plane, you took off down wind to keep the lines tight until that rudder cocked to the right took effect. Well said. I will always believe my 57 year plus flying career, including 29 years as a pilot for United Airlines, began in March of 1962 as a 12 year old, I flew a full tank of fuel on my Baby Ringmaster without crashing. I have NEVER had an interests in flying RC. With a control line model, I could actually feel my plane stall throught the lines.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

We've all flown in too much wind. I had many half A control line planes that needed low wind conditions.