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FritzW

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I managed to bend our chapter Waiex up a little this afternoon :(

I lost the engine at about 200' AGL over the departure end on the runway on takeoff. Fortunately I had enough time to pick a pretty decent place to put it down.

At a minimum it's going to need new gear legs and a lot of work on the wings. The motor mount looks good but the engine is going to need a complete rebuild. ...I don't know why it quit yet, we can't dig into it until the FAA is finished looking at it.
Waiex 20200228_151329_resized.jpg
Waiex 20200228_150848_resized.jpg

...it's good to have a friend with a boom truck and a big trailer (we used the same boom truck to pull the seat cushion out of my butt)
Waiex 20200228_175753_resized.jpg
 
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