Good afternoon to all-
So I was flying one of my micro warbirds- Japanese Zero it was, and had a good flight and brought it in for a hard surface landing attempt. Touched down and then hit a pebble and bounced and flipped out of control and crashed on the other side of the landing road upside down. Well, that's not so good, but when I went over to recover the plane and put the break-away prop back in position, I found that the plane had crashed right on top of a fire ant mound and the resident ants were not happy with this intruder. the little plane was covered with angry ants ready to bite and sting whatever they could find. I put the plane back down again. quickly.
I let the plane sit until the ants cooled down and crawled off- most of them anyway, and then put it back up in the air again.
I hope any ants left aboard fell off and were killed in the fall.
you all be safe and keep well- Ed
So I was flying one of my micro warbirds- Japanese Zero it was, and had a good flight and brought it in for a hard surface landing attempt. Touched down and then hit a pebble and bounced and flipped out of control and crashed on the other side of the landing road upside down. Well, that's not so good, but when I went over to recover the plane and put the break-away prop back in position, I found that the plane had crashed right on top of a fire ant mound and the resident ants were not happy with this intruder. the little plane was covered with angry ants ready to bite and sting whatever they could find. I put the plane back down again. quickly.
I let the plane sit until the ants cooled down and crawled off- most of them anyway, and then put it back up in the air again.
I hope any ants left aboard fell off and were killed in the fall.
you all be safe and keep well- Ed