I'm being told via an email that the blade is now compromised and should be thrown away for fear of it throwing a blade and possibly hurting someone.
I'd like to my story of throwing a blade. A blade flies off and you now have a very unbalanced situation that will rip parts off the model instantly. In my case my motor mount and about 1" of nose was instantly ripped from the plane with the motor still attached it ripped out the ESC, but luckily the battery and my receiver stayed put. The ripped out parts all came crashing down with the mass of the motor, it was a nice little missile, luckily didn't hit anything but the lawn. The plane still had radio power as I was lucky that I had redundant power. But the fun continues as the plane is now very tail heavy and out of control. I got very lucky and put it into steep dive mostly to avoid hitting anyone or a nearby house, at the last minute I pulled in some up elevator and managed to level the plane out, then pushed its nose into the lawn as I was fast approaching a tree. I was lucky and she flew again after some major nose surgery. All of this happened very fast. I had been using a cheap folding prop from China. I think it was the third flight for the prop and the plane.
I'd like to my story of throwing a blade. A blade flies off and you now have a very unbalanced situation that will rip parts off the model instantly. In my case my motor mount and about 1" of nose was instantly ripped from the plane with the motor still attached it ripped out the ESC, but luckily the battery and my receiver stayed put. The ripped out parts all came crashing down with the mass of the motor, it was a nice little missile, luckily didn't hit anything but the lawn. The plane still had radio power as I was lucky that I had redundant power. But the fun continues as the plane is now very tail heavy and out of control. I got very lucky and put it into steep dive mostly to avoid hitting anyone or a nearby house, at the last minute I pulled in some up elevator and managed to level the plane out, then pushed its nose into the lawn as I was fast approaching a tree. I was lucky and she flew again after some major nose surgery. All of this happened very fast. I had been using a cheap folding prop from China. I think it was the third flight for the prop and the plane.