Other than some hard landings it had no damage. No damage whatsoever in the the center panel, where the failure happened.
Anker ----- Original Message ----- From: "gldr guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Anker Berg-Sonne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Kabooom! > Was the Sharon previously damaged? I saw one at the Spring Fling on the Friday afternoon before the contest take some hard launches in some stiff wind, no problem. Walter > > --- > GG > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:08:18 > Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: > >To my immense surprise I blew up my Sharon on a winch launch Saturday as the > >LISF ESL contest. I thought pretty much all molded ships could handle any > >launch with a regular Ford starter winch, but apparently not. The blowup was > >spectacular, both acoustially and visually, and the plane came down in five > >different pieces. > > > >The wing spar broke at the end of the ply doubler in front of the wing hold > >down block. Both the upper and lower carbon fiber caps were broken cleanly > >across. The secondary damage was another spar break and delamination of the > >spar and skins around the secondary break. The fuse broke in three pieces > >from the pull of the winch line when the lift from the wing disappeared. The > >ony reusable pieces of the plane are the electronics, the wing tips and the > >tail feathers. > > > >I wish I had the money to replace it. > > > >Anker > > > > > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably > Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. > Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
