Second discus launch of the day & I drop my transmitter mid discus launch spin. So I'm like... do I keep my eye on the glider that's still on it's way up or do I look around for my transmitter? Well obviously I'm going to need to the transmitter so I locate & recover that. It actually got tossed pretty far away. As soon as I get the radio in hand I look up & there's a DLG at launch height, right where I expected mine to be. But then I'm thinking, "is that actually mine?" so I rock the ailerons side to side & nope, that's not my glider. An awful feeling of utter panic then takes over & I hear myself yelling "where's my glid..." and then TWACK... I turn around to find it lawn-darted into the field just a few feet behind me. It must have done a huge loop & gone above & behind me which is why I couldn't re-acquire it. But no excuses... I take full responsibility, dropped my transmitter which is very poor form. I have no idea if the damage is repairable. I can't bring myself to even look at it right now. But if I do attempt to fix it, that won't be the first time. That poor wing has been patched up multiple times.
Second discus launch of the day & I drop my transmitter mid discus launch spin. So I'm like... do I keep my eye on the glider that's still on it's way up or do I look around for my transmitter? Well obviously I'm going to need to the transmitter so I locate & recover that. It actually got tossed pretty far away. As soon as I get the radio in hand I look up & there's a DLG at launch height, right where I expected mine to be. But then I'm thinking, "is that actually mine?" so I rock the ailerons side to side & nope, that's not my glider. An awful feeling of utter panic then takes over & I hear myself yelling "where's my glid..." and then TWACK... I turn around to find it lawn-darted into the field just a few feet behind me. It must have done a huge loop & gone above & behind me which is why I couldn't re-acquire it. But no excuses... I take full responsibility, dropped my transmitter which is very poor form.
I have no idea if the damage is repairable. I can't bring myself to even look at it right now. But if I do attempt to fix it, that won't be the first time. That poor wing has been patched up multiple times.