Did YOU fly today??

[NiceBlades]

Really enjoyed 3 flights on the 450 and 2 on the Goblin 570. The 4 the pack on the 450 however seemed to run out of power early on, pity I was inverted 10 foot up at the time, but just some links and perhaps a swash plate and an rjx arm damaged, blades survived weirdly.

[matt27]

working shifts means unfortunately i don't have regular days or weekends to fly but i try to make the most of the time i have in the week on my days off

today i had a bit of a lazy day and have really enjoyed the 20 or more flights on my little blade

slowly making progresses to side orientated hovering but without a simulator lead for phoenix (lost during house move) makes it a little harder

really looking forward to getting back into this hobby with a couple larger models hopefully on the horizon

[gazmk2]

had a good session this afternoon, 2 flights on the raptor 30 and 3 on the 700e. I hadn't flown the 700 for over a month and I'd completely forgotten how much nicer it flies than everything else!

[MishuPtm]

Flew yesterday 7 packs, really nice weather, i'll throw in another 5 today
tarot 450 pheonix park mobius camera - YouTube

[Rich23]

Had 5 flights in the 500 DFC and 1 and a half on the Goblin today. Half way through the second flight on the Goblin it appeared I had reduced pitch and cyclic control. The Goblin was upright and losing altitude but would not climb out with positive pitch. As the tail hit the ground it climbed out but was very sluggish and felt like there was no response to any pitch or cyclic inputs. I managed to manoeuvre the heli to bring it back towards me to land but then I was facing a 700 size heli coming towards me. Throttle hold flicked and I some how managed to get the heli down in one piece. It hit the ground tail fin first which forced the skids on to the ground and the tall grass/small bush stopped it from tipping to the right. First forced auto which I believe was a success!

On checking the heli over the cause was a stuck swash plate. It seemed to be stuck solid on the main shaft which meant it would not move up or down. The only control I had was the movement around the bearing. I will try and get a video up later to show you what I mean.

Apart from that it was a great day flying and good company as always.

Rich

[David Drew]

Yes

A flight with my Raptor 50. One with my Goblin 500 but a nodding tail stopped that.

Then 1/2 flight with my 130x until I crashed it and did in the third tail gear this week!! No wonder Fast Lad and Midland are out of them.

[PaulJC]

Finally got the 550 setup yesterday and hovered off the rest of the pack, nice and stable, just charging packs now and hoping the weather holds so i can get out there this afternoon and try and get my 'eye' back in, it's been a while since i've flown a heli let alone one of decent size!

[lad51]

Lovely day had 81/2 flights on the blade 450x, last flight funny noise landed found main gear stripped no crash or heavy landing so not sure what went wrong
les

[GIXERMAN]

Lovely day had 81/2 flights on the blade 450x, last flight funny noise landed found main gear stripped no crash or heavy landing so not sure what went wrong
les

motor mesh to main gear wrong, by the sounds of it

[lad51]

Thanks Gixerman checked again and seems to be on an angle
les

[chucky21022010]

Managed to shake the cobwebs off the 500 and the 600. I forgot how powerful that Esp is. All in all had a good day.

[Smarty]

I went after work with the intention of trying my newly built Trex 500, which i bought as a fixer uper project, last time i tried it had a terrible vibration so i abandoned it!! but i have converted it the DFC since then, hoping the problem would dissapear...

Started with the Blade 400 that went badly! it was pretty windy and it was up and down like a kite until the inevatable fight with the dirt! Broken main blades, bend main, flybar and feathering shafts...
Then the 200 SRX, that was ok but still struggled in the wind until i planted that tail first also.. Bent tail boom, stripped servo gears...

I was pretty nervous about the 500 by this point but it flew like an absolute dream... well hovered with a few piruetes...
So mixed feeling about the day, but its all a learning curve..

[p4ddy]

No flying, I'm just trying to be the one to take my thread to 100 pages.

[p4ddy]

nope, maybe this time??

[p4ddy]

C'mon!!! page 100 god dammit!!!!