Mk 11C Hurricane winter build

Yep, I think your analysis was right Pete, looking through the camera everything was going well until that last turn which was quite tight on the elevator. Might be photos of the stall and certainly plenty of good ones pre-stall on Jon's camera. Shame to see such a great model go in. Don't give up, it's rare to see a proper scale built up model at the field and I for one would love to see more of your skills.

So sorry to hear that model is written off . Only saw it on the ground but looked great. I'm sure you'll recover with a bit of time.

Thanks guy's for your kind words,costly mistake on my part but it is always good to know what went wrong.

It was heartbreaking to see the Hurricane go in yesterday, it was impossible to know what to say to you Pete, but it was good to see a little positivity return just before you left for home.

I think your analysis is spot on, you did a steep turn and as soon as you pulled the elevator the right wing went, a too aggressive elevator application at lowish speed. Because the nose dropped so far, there was nothing you could have done to recover at the height you were at.

I am glad that given a bit of time to reflect you seem fairly philosophical about it, lesson learnt, time to move on. As others have also said, we are all looking forward to seeing what you come up with next. It was a real privilege for me to be able to do the test flights of the model.

I haven't had a chance to go through the photos that John took yesterday, but I will soon and get some up on the forum.

OH Pete, there is nothing one can say that reflects the sorrow of a beautiful model going in, let alone so soon after completion. We've all experienced that heartbreak at one time or another and it's always painful, but your building skills are too good to be left on the shelf, please keep building and flying. I've had a tight turn wing stall myself, it's always a hard lesson but don't let it effect your ultimate pleasure of building and seeing a new creation fly.

Not sure if this will be a painful reminder or a comfort to Pete, but here goes anyway.

Photos from the fatefull flight on Sunday, it was early in the day so the light wasn't great I'm afraid.

Slightly hairy take off