First bad crash!!

[barryorbik]

Hi Stretch79, Sorry to hear about your first "Controlled Flight Into Terrain". I find it best to practice new moves over reasonably long grass as hard surfaces always cause extra damage and costly repairs but rest assured, as you practice more on the sim (and a in a safer area) the crashes get less and so the cost of the hobby goes down too.

[Cagey]

Stretch, you're on the road now buddy. To threatening letters from the bank plus an alcohol intake increase. Great fun though.
Ady ? All them wrecked ships your own work ? I'd be seriously considering basket weaving by then Don't s'pose you've worked out the £s worth there have you ? 10 / 10 for determination there dude.

[trexamanic]

It isn't good no lol
was flying in the garden and it went on top of my house. Hit the next door neighbours loft extension and boom. Lands on the floor. Pictures coming up.

There is a nice thread on just crashes. Take a look. we are all in there i think

[Stretch79]

I know I do need to get to a field. Just being lazy and thinking yeah I can do that in the garden lol

looked on roof to no availe. God knows where my tail rotor went. More money. I got 99 problems, But the spares ain't one.

[Stretch79]

Also am using model helicopters for upgraded spares Anyone got a better site?

[bigwal]

Ouch
Lost trex 700n last year.

Engine.
pipe
canopy
blades
boom
all gears
4 servos
skids
base plate.
All I had pretty much left was Side frames and blade grips.
All down to losing 1 cyclic servo.

[tomatwalden]

Also am using model helicopters for upgraded spares Anyone got a better site?

Don't know about better, but Midlands (ie. modelhelicopters.co.uk), Align-trex.co.uk, Fast Lad and RC-Hero.co.uk are my usual suspects for bling.

There's also blinghobbies.com

[Stretch79]

Sounds expensive big.

been looking at them tom. Merely meant more range possibly. Think I'll buy a package will work out a little cheaper than getting it individually

[Stretch79]

Trying bling hobbies. Looks good. Nice rakon stuff. Thanks

[ady]

Stretch, you're on the road now buddy. To threatening letters from the bank plus an alcohol intake increase. Great fun though.
Ady ? All them wrecked ships your own work ? I'd be seriously considering basket weaving by then Don't s'pose you've worked out the £s worth there have you ? 10 / 10 for determination there dude.

yep , all my own work , i`ve had a alot lot more but got bored taking pics , at my peak i`d right off a heli everyweek , its what happens when ya learning to fly , have fun though , that!s very important in this hobby , ady

i will edit what i just posted , i`d destroy a heli on a Saturday , drive to my local shop , rebuild over Saturday night and then smash that up on Sunday

[Grumpy]

I must be doing something wrong, in over two years I've never seriously damaged one!

I guess it very much depends how hard you push, admittedly I don't push very hard. But if i was writing one off every month, let alone every week, I'd have taken up stamp collecting. Personally i just couldn't take that degree of carnage.

[hedge]

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i will edit what i just posted , i`d destroy a heli on a Saturday , drive to my local shop , rebuild over Saturday night and then smash that up on Sunday

LOL I started proper flying on a blade 400, my local model shop was on the way home from the flying field, often pop in Saturday afternoon having crashed at the field, rebuild sat night fly crash Sunday :-). I got Sunday night off as they where shut hehehe. That's said blade 400 parts where cheap as chips, less than a round down the pub... hurts more the bigger your bird.

[tourerjim]

It isn't good no lol
was flying in the garden and it went on top of my house. Hit the next door neighbours loft extension and boom. Lands on the floor. Pictures coming up.

I know.! first reaction, who put that loft extension there.....

[Stretch79]

First was to catch my poor heli. Think I panicked somewhat. Should of given it more throttle lol

[mole hunter]

Hmm! Sorry about the parts list but thankfully only landed on your neighbour's house - not in their kiddies face. I know it's only a wee heli but they can draw blood.
If you haven't already done so, have a read of the handbook. BMFA Handbook & Guidance

Stay safe and have fun,

Marty