Met the guys for a late breakfast then to the field. Perfect blue skies and no wind. Warmed up flying my trusty Air Tractor then made ready for the P12 test flight. After everyone, five of us, checked over the plane I taxied out and on the take-off run the foam rudder hinge completely gave way. I was able to abort and no other damage. I have less than 1 hour of in the shop time on moving the controls and glad This happened during run up and not at take-off which I was almost at speed. So back to the hanger for real hinges and will try again. Wonder if real test pilots had abortive take-offs during testing. I expect they did. We did fly for 3hr after because it is a beautiful blue-sky day. Pic of it back in the hanger4.
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