HARD LANDING ! 1/4 SCALE RC SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK V111 "GREY NURSE" - MALCOLM AT NLMFC - 2019

FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY FOR MALC & UNFORTUNATLY HIS LAST, ALL WAS GOING WELL DURING THE FLIGHT IN THE (GUSTING 20mph WIND AT THIS TIME) AND AFTER A BUMPY RIDE MALC DECIDED TO LAND,
AS HE CAME IN ON FINALS (IN A CROSS WIND DOWN THE RUNWAY) HE BLIPPED THE THROTTLE TO KEEP HER ABOVE THE DRAINAGE DITCH BUT THE DA 85cc ENGINE DID NOT PICK UP (JUST IDLED AT TICK OVER) TO MALCS HORROR HE REALISED THE THROTTLE SERVO HAD FAILED (YOU CAN HEAR HIM IN THE VIDEO) THEN GREY NURSE HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE A VERY HARD LANDING BUT FORTUNATELY NOT TO MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE !
MALC SPENT SEVERAL EVENINGS AFTER WORK TO GET HER REPAIRED AND SHE HAS NOW BEEN RE-FLOWN AND ALL IS WELL !
MALCOLM BUILT HER FROM A MIKE BOOTH DESIGNED KIT AND PAINTED HER HIMSELF,
SHE IS POWERED BY DA 85cc GAS / PETROL ENGINE,
W/SPAN - 110",
LENGTH - 96",
PROP SIZE - 26X10,
HE FLIES HER ON A JR RADIO AND USES SAVOX SERVOS,
SHE WEIGHS 25KG AND IS REGISTERED WITH THE LMA AND HAS HAD HER 6 X 10 MINUTE FLIGHTS TO ALLOW MALC TO FLY HER AT PUBLIC SHOWS,
SHE IS BASED ON A REAL MK V111 CALLED "GREY NURSE" THAT IS STILL FLYING AND BASED AT THE TEMORA AVIATION MUSEUM AT NEW SOUTH WALES IN AUSTRALIA,
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THE SPITFIRES ARE PRODUCED BY MIKE BOOTH AT FLYING
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THEY WEIGH AROUND 20/21 KG AND ARE POWERED BY MWS / EVO 80cc OR 3W 80 cc,
THEY HAVE A WING SPAN OF 110 INCHS,
THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN MKS V, IX, XIV, & XIX,
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FILMED AT NLMFC ON 2-6-2019,