Charleston R/C Society Crash Photo Page

Charleston Radio Control Society

Crash Photos

If any club members have some pictures that they would like to share, please e-mail them to the CRCS Web

Master and I will post them on this page. Be sure to include your full name, date of crash, and the name of

the model. Please also include a short description of what caused the crash.

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01/27/10 - Wayne Coons found the top of a tree with his brand new "Hobby Lobby P4D EP Jet's" maiden flight. All that was retrievable at the crash site was the jets nose, battery, and the wheels.

Rick Reedy's "Old Dawg P-51" spiraled out of control and took a nose dive at full throttle in our neighboring field while making an approach for a landing. He's not sure what happened, but when he got to the wreckage, the nose cone and engine were about 8" in the mud. Despite the plane being a total lost, Rick was able to salvage the electronics and engine.

03/10/10 - Rich Kelly lost control of his brand new "Great Planes Escapade" spiraling out of control nose first into the airfield. Believe it or not, this plane is repairable and will fly again!

02/20/10 - Bill Evans forgot to pull his antenna up on his transmitter resulting in his "Space Walker" to crash into the airfield. This is a hard lesson learned regarding pulling your antenna up prior to taking off.

03/17/10 - Mike Lynch lost his orientation while making an approach from the left side of the airfield and put his "Telemaster" into the trees. Ouch!

03/31/10 - Bob Mason was too low & too slow to respond and put his "Senior Telemaster" in the trees while making an approach from the left side of the airfield. It's official ... the trees to the left of the airfield like to eat Telemaster planes!

04/10/10 - Dirk Braun got a bad case of fumble thumb syndrome with his "Extra 260" during an inverted high speed pass. The plane hit the field, like a stone skipping across a pond, before landing 66 feet from the initial impact.

04/10/10 - Here are a couple more pics of Dirk Braun's "Extra 260" after he skipped it across the field. That's the pilot sitting on the wing in the second pic.

05/12/10 - Bob Mason's "Midwest Das Little Stick", powered by a Thunder Tiger .25, found a pine tree after the clevis on the elevator broke. It looks worst than it is, all Bob needs to do is rebuild the wing and this plane will fly again.

05/19/10 - Mike Redman lost control of his 40 size, kit built "Eindecker", powered by a Magnum 52 4 stroke, and found the ground along the edge of the airfield just pass the wind sock. This plane is repairable and should be back in the air in no time.

05/19/10 - Rick Reedy charges up his retracks on his "P40 Warhawk" with the help of his friend, Rick Meyers. Unfortunately, his take-off didn't go so well. After several hours and several volunteers, his plane was finally found back in the woods where the corn field is to the left of our airfield.

06/19/10 - Mike Redman's "Hobbico Superstar" lost its right wing for no apparent reason just over the edge of the woods behind the Connex. This resulted in Mike's plane turning into a "Dart" over the tree tops.

07/17/10 - Tanner High was unable to regain control from a flat spin when his rudder servo over extended itself causing his "Matt Chapman" to crash on the edge of the airfield.

07/21/10 - I think Tanner High is trying for the "Crash of the Month". In the first picture he sits on his bumper smiling in front of what is left of his 60 size "Revolver" [That's the pile of balsa sitting to the right]. The second picture shows what was left of his engine. This is the second model lost to impacting with Mother Earth in a week! Talk about having a bad luck streak!

08/18/2010 - While making an approach for a landing a gusty crosswind caught Bill Hudson's "Great Planes Super Sportster 60" causing it to cart-wheel twice before breaking the fuselage in two over the wing.

08/18/2010 - While making an approach for a landing a gusty crosswind caught Rich Kelly's "Great Planes Giant 25% YAK 54 3D" plowing it into the tree line along the drive into the airfield.

08/18/2010 - Here's another picture of Rich Kelly's "Great Planes Giant 25% YAK 54 3D" looking at the broken firewall. At least the engine and prop were spared. However, the cowl wasn't so lucky.

08/18/2010 - A $200.00 smoke system is only good for one "puff" of smoke if the supply line comes disconnected. I.E. If your smoke stops "puffing" don't keep hitting the smoke switch ... it only pumps the smoke fuel into your fuselage.