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Unfortunately, we did not have the time to use the R/C plane for our project. Although we attempted it, the R/C plane could not possibly recreate the AA flight 191 because of it's sharp turning abilities. A regular jet slowly changes direction when there is an imbalance. An R/C plane however, reacts to the slightest turn because of its light nature and because it is made of Styrofoam. We did not anticipate that this would happen but once when Ari was away, The nose broke off the plane as it took a nosedive into the grass. Now this hass happened many several times. The standard procedure was for the whole team to help. One would hold the plane, the other would hold the hot glue gun. The other would assist if help was needed. While we were fixing it, some of the hot glue apparently creeped on to the battery without us noticing and when we stuck it together and it dried, we noticed that it wouldn't respond. As soon as we noticed that it wasn't working, we dissasembled the plane, then saw that battery acid was flowing out. We then concluded what had happened. That ended the life of our one and only R/C plane. We were unable to recreate the flight however. The R/C helicopter that been brought in after three weeks of the group asking him to was broken. He apparently broke it while flying it at home. Now there are two stabalizers to keep the helicopter stable during flight. It comes with no replacements in case it breaks.He said that one of his relatives were an "aviation expert" and knew how to fix the plane. He brought it in after his relative had operated on it. From the second that the first group member started flying it, it had always spun. it would not stop spinning no matter how much we adjusted the trim. The spinning has been captured on video on the documentation page. However hard we tried to recreate it, it would not work so we stoppped trying and decided that we should just use the Flight Simulator.

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