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Originally Posted by bob neill
I vaguely remember from a past life, many years ago, a photo in one of the model airplane magazines of two winding power into a Wakefield(?) type model. The photographer snapped the shot at the exact moment (not the right moment) when the rubber split. The middle of the bird was a cloud of tissue and balsa shrapnel.
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Brings to mind a page in a book by Don Ross, ahh, page 90, to be precise.
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"My UK Friend, Jeff Anderson, totally destroyed a 55" span unlimited model this way. The only thing he had left when the smoke cleared was the terrific color picture his son snapped at the critical instant."
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Cause of this rapid unscheduled disassembly is given as the motor climbing off the propellor hook.