My fist RC plane and what it taught me

My first RC plane, long ago, was a "foamie" Piper Cub which required little more than painting. Powered by Fox .15 RC with three channels it was the "quick build" that is what I so much desired (and later regreted).

Then to the flying field. The plane gently ROG'd and rose into the "wild blue". During the process of construction, I hadn't noticed that the plane lacked wing struts as none were shown of the plans. After I attained the altitude, I did a power drive toward the ground.

Upom pulling out the planes wings, lacking struts, assumed a "prayer" position which augered the plane straight into the ground. End of plane and some of the radio equipment.

As I dug the trusty Fox out of the ground, I had time to reflect upon what I had done.

I had defied the "laws of nature" and common sense. (Nature's laws are self-enforcing)

But from such experiences wisdom is gained. In a later version of the same plane I added re-inforced packing tape to the underside of each wing to serve as "struts" and once again climbed into the skies wiser for the experience.