Just came back from flying the Super Cub, at the Duck Pond. I met some friends of mine, who also have a SC, on a different channel, and we attempted flying together. The wind sock was pushing out to about 45 degrees, so there was a good breeze.I told the kid who was going to send up his SC, "There's a good breeze. The plane can handle it fine, but you're going to have work the controls to keep it under control...you may not want to fly." But, his relative that drove him urged him on and he went for. After a few circles around the field something went terribly wrong and the next thing I knew his cub was nose diving into the cement pad, fairly close to where I was standing (and flying my plane). It then screamed in front of me and ran head on into the 3 foot cement barrier that encircles our flight pad. Well, there was some serious damage, that's for sure. It can definitely be repaired...with some glue, toothpicks and tape :) I donated a new motor that I had lying around...and he'll need a new prop shaft. It shouldn't be long till he flies again.
I also flew my little red low wing plane for 5+ minutes...it's still flying good !
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