Starting this thread to put your Spectacular Crashes, analyse some lessons learnt out of it, So that people who see it, read it, do not repeat mistakes made (If at all)    .

I took out Phoenix Decathlon out of hibernation after a long time, it was a glow converted to electric. First flight wasn't successsful, due transportation, wing axis had warped, so repaired it and and she flew like a charm, this one, i was planning to use to banner tow etc for the forthcoming meet at Mizoram. first flight i had a LVC so landed short, changed the prop to 14x6, second sortie as i took off and she didnt even reach 50 mts , i lost complete control of the aeroplane she did 3-4 turns on her own before going down in flames (Yes Flames). it was spectacular, i was flying it on the hobby king orange receiver. starting to loose faith on orange

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Background score is my favourite, AWOL Nation's Sail

Enjoy the Video

Post Crash Analysis

All servo arms were fully to one side, servos and all electronics salvaged, aeroplane ? totalled, wings are good, will build a fuse for it 

why dont you give camera to the kinds its not risky 

Quote from: augustinev on February 18, 2012, 06:12:36 PM
i was flying it on the hobby king orange receiver. starting to loose faith on orange

I have also lost seagull 40 low winger while flying on orange receiver. 
Now I only use orange on fomies.

Crashed my boomerang today while Low pass FlyBy.
Classic Mistake - throttle + nose down instead of nose up.

Lesson learnt: Dont mess with nose downs, especially when close to the ground. And adjust nose *before* throttling (I throttled first and then fumbled to adjust the nose)...bad bad, goes to the workbench.

Quote from: girishsarwal on June 20, 2012, 12:19:33 PM
adjust nose *before* throttling

I Like that

@rcpilot, I wish i had that figured out *before* the crash. Short lessons of life, sometimes learnt the hard way...