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This is all that is left of my 15 year old Carl Goldberg Super Chipmonk after an engine failure while completing a stall turn on Sunday



I managed to get it down on the ground safe but after loosing height from around 600 ft very quickly and being very close to the strip, it had way too much pace on and and no breeze to help it slow.
As it was getting very close to the end of the strip and the fence very quickly I decided as I still had enough speed on to take off again with no engine I gained height and banked her left and tried to put it down in long grass still going way to fast. The loud crack it made as it settled into the grass was enough to say it all. Oh well that's Aero modeling.
The worst thing about it all was that I am heading down to Christchurch for a week on Friday and was planing to take it down there for a fly.
Now what to replace it with!

Here is a pictured with my electric Hanger9 Funtana back at Queens birthday weekend

lowglow wrote:

QUOTE (lowglow @ Oct 23 2013,8:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...Oh well that's Aero modeling...

Deepest sympathies, but I know you already know what to replace it with

lowglow wrote:

QUOTE (lowglow @ Oct 23 2013,8:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This is all that is left of my 15 year old Carl Goldberg Super Chipmonk after an engine failure while completing a stall turn on Sunday


The worst thing about it all was that I am heading down to Christchurch for a week on Friday and was planing to take it down there for a fly.
Now what to replace it with!

Nooooo ! ... 15 yrs ..

Oh Well I'd better stock the fridge with some cold ones so ya can drown your sorrows .

Yep will be sure to come see you

lowglow wrote:

QUOTE (lowglow @ Oct 23 2013,10:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yep will be sure to come see you

Should get the others over here , Greg is always a regular and maybe Marty and a few others another Chris a Jayden and James maybe a Phil

Oh gutted, that's really sad news. Still, sounds like you did all you could to save it.
Rebuild project now?

Bad luck dude maybe its time to build another one.

LG , I'll meet at Ians place for a wake .... then we can go shopping

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Oct 24 2013,5:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

LG , I'll meet at Ians place for wake .... then we can go shopping

lol sounds good

AlisterC wrote:

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Oct 24 2013,8:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Rebuild project now?

One of our club members just happens to have a brand new Carl Goldberg Super Chipmonk kit and has offered it to me for a very good price. Think I might take him up on it although I plan on building it a little different. There have been a couple of full sized Super Chipmonks converted to a two seat open cockpit. I think that would be a good conversion just to be different

Hmm shopping .. Nah .. .. whoops maybe .. I don't own a Barbie ..

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 24 2013,8:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hmm shopping .. Nah .. .. whoops maybe .. I don't own a Barbie ..

"Hmm shopping .. Nah " for a plane I.W ...... a plane for L.G

I ordered the replacement model for the Chipmomk today



I have also bought the Chipmonk kit from the club member and will start this week putting that together and modifying it into the two seater open cockpit. I like the look of this scheme

lowglow wrote:

QUOTE (lowglow @ Nov 4 2013,10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I ordered the replacement model for the Chipmomk today



I have also bought the Chipmonk kit from the club member and will start this week putting that together and modifying it into the two seater open cockpit. I like the look of this scheme

Sympathies to you buddy i know all too well how it feels i also lost the exact same model due to radio interference at the Rangiora airshow many years ago now, mine had smoke system as well really gutting, but looks like you have moved on to a cool looking chippy, all the best with this 1 matey

Crikey , not the sort of Chippy i was thinking off .. it looks so different that i don't or cant see any features other than the spread land gear but even the model changes it again .. this just a model feature or they did this to the actual aircraft .

My Sundowner is now all but ready for its maiden flight and as usual I always take some before photos.

Brilliant photos Chris , thought , next time your down in Christchurch and you have an invite to the Wigram fly in s , I'd love to come out with you .... put that one beside ya on your desktop .. or maybe above .. now were is an equally superb photo of that Rapide ... sure one other on the other side of the world would love to see that !

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 24 2013,4:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Brilliant photos Chris , thought , next time your down in Christchurch and you have an invite to the Wigram fly in s , I'd love to come out with you .... put that one beside ya on your desktop .. or maybe above .. now were is an equally superb photo of that Rapide ... sure one other on the other side of the world would love to see that !

That sounds good Ian I will be down there for Christmas, not sure how that would go for flying at Wigy, must have a look on the calender. I was in at the Heritage center today, made me think about your art, I am sure that would be a good place to sell some of it.

lowglow wrote:

QUOTE (lowglow @ Nov 24 2013,5:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That sounds good Ian I will be down there for Christmas, not sure how that would go for flying at Wigy, must have a look on the calender. I was in at the Heritage center today, made me think about your art, I am sure that would be a good place to sell some of it.

Least all else fails with the flying ya can always stop for a cold one , Artwork , almost worth 'risk a biscuit' to fly up there and meet both you at the Heritage Center and your mate in the bookshop .