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Old 01-27-2020, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by bob neill View Post
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.
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."
Cause of this rapid unscheduled disassembly is given as the motor climbing off the propellor hook.
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