Yesterday was the last of the forecast hot days, but dawned a beautiful morning with a steady northerly breeze, not yet carrying the heat from the interior.
I'd packed the Fox with the carbon prop installed again, now with reinforced motor mount to hopefully eliminate the full-throttle vibrations it had been suffering. I threw the sleek little glider into the air, enjoying it's swift and graceful flight against the backdrop of fresh morning clouds.
The carbon prop and nanotech battery have, as I've mentioned before, gives the Fox unlimited vertical capability, and I was enjoying powering the Fox up and then gliding it down, and having it swoop low across the field before repeating the exercise.
Now I know, and have also mentioned, that the Fox is a high-speed glider and possessing a nasty propensity to spin at low speed but, lulled into a failing sense of security, I pushed the limits too far, with the Fox too low and too slow.
The spin was sudden, violent and beyond my capability to recover...
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