Blender in the Basement SebArt Suhkoi 50S

by Steve Morlock
(Blairsville, GA USA)

I had just finished building a SebArt Suhkoi 50Ss. It was sitting on a stand in my basement. The batt was hooked up and the plane was armed with the transmitter on. I turned the transmitter off for one second and back on to get in programming mode, when I did that the plane went to full throttle. It hit me with the prop, broke the ant on my new DX7 and proceeded to bounce off every wall in the basement until there was nothing left. Never even got to fly it!
I rebuilt it a couple of weeks later. It flew great, the thing is rock solid. During landing I thought the plane was closer to me than it appeared since I am used to smaller airframes and I hit the back of my SUV. It is rebuilt again however, I have not flown it yet.
Steve.