We have a local church that was hit by lightning over the summer, it is a structure I have taken pictures of many times.
They got around to fixing the fire damage this week.
The other day I got some pictures of the work in progress.
Today I noticed the work was complete.
I checked and had the bare minimums to fly... ceiling and visibility were marginal but off I went.
Well dope me forgot to do something.... look at the dew point and temperature.
I was about 3 minutes into the flight the screen is going nuts
Thermal overload, excessive current drain, the aircraft was unstable and losing altittude.
I started getting it back over my LZ as it was dropping, it did a hard landing ( one bounce) but no damage.
I picked it up and could smell that the RF motor was hot.
A look at the props showed ice on the leading edges.
That is what I get for not looking at the dew point.
I should have know better as in a small plane ice build up on the wings and in the carburetor is a real concern.
Lesson learned, and maybe my near miss will be a teaching moment for one of you too
They got around to fixing the fire damage this week.
The other day I got some pictures of the work in progress.
Today I noticed the work was complete.
I checked and had the bare minimums to fly... ceiling and visibility were marginal but off I went.
Well dope me forgot to do something.... look at the dew point and temperature.
I was about 3 minutes into the flight the screen is going nuts
Thermal overload, excessive current drain, the aircraft was unstable and losing altittude.
I started getting it back over my LZ as it was dropping, it did a hard landing ( one bounce) but no damage.
I picked it up and could smell that the RF motor was hot.
A look at the props showed ice on the leading edges.
That is what I get for not looking at the dew point.
I should have know better as in a small plane ice build up on the wings and in the carburetor is a real concern.
Lesson learned, and maybe my near miss will be a teaching moment for one of you too