My submission for Crash of the year

[octagon]

Sorry to report the TF Spit I built last winter is no longer. Too much up elevator on the top of a loop caused a tip stall. Too little experience in how to get out of it caused the crash. 

[sihinch]

Oh no Rob. I'm sorry. We all enjoyed seeing it fly.

[Frank v B]

Rob, Oh no!!!!   
It looked great when it was flying.

Subject for this fall's repair class???

Frank

[BJROB]

Oh Rob
So sorry, that was a beautiful plane.
I know you can make it beautiful again

[battlestu]

ouch sorry to see that but give it to Cadez with some hot glue he'll have it flying in no time

[octagon]

I took a close look at the remains this morning, and in my opinion it is beyond saving. I even managed to impale the battery on the motor mount screws, we had to literally pry it off. About the only thing intact is the tail. I think it would be harder to rebuild it than just to build a whole new plane, and building it taught me a lot. I have a TF P47 kit of the same size that will be next winter's project. I have to say, it did fly very nicely. If it was a tip stall, it caught me out completely, and even with the amount of height I had, I could do nothing but watch it auger in. I should have closed the throttle and applied opposite rudder, but you always know what you should have done after a thing happens.