Unfair- broken heli and I did not even crash :(

[alex]

I'd cleared all my work so went to the field to do some flying- I had 5 fresh batteries and was ready for a bit of fun.

Then bang, wobble, ooh bugger, get it to the ground fast and succeeded.

One of the tail blades had disintegrated and flown into the main rotor (

They were new tail blades, but I had noticed one had a very slight curve to it and this was the one that blew, but still used it anyway. It had had no previous grass strikes and no trauma at all until it blew.

Fortunately it is not too expensive to repair and will only take fresh tail blades and new main rotor blades- a shame really as I had only just installed some shiny new Align blades which look great (less great now there are a couple of big chunks out of them). Still a pain in the ass though as I missed out on some sneaky extra flying.

I suppose the moral is always to make sure spares are perfect and not to fit them even if there is a tiny hint of imperfection.

[EtheAv8r]

Sorry to learn of your crash - that one is really bad luck. Have you put the tail fin on upside-down? Keeps the tail blades away from contact so much more when you are learning.

Those plastic tail blades can be very brittle, especially in the cold.

Tip: Boil them (and your plastic landing gear) for about 15 minutes before you fit them, relieves the stresses and make them better able to survive impacts.

My Innovator is still not fully repaired.... still got to fit new gears to the servos.

[steve b]

sorry to here that m8