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CRASH!!!
Im a bit annoyed at myself as I managed to crash for the first time tonight.
The damage is pretty severe, the Belt CP might be dead...
I bought two new batterys so my first two flights were just flying around gently. During the second flight it started to get quite windy but it was ok when flying gently.
The third flight started very well, my new carbon blades worked very well and I did a few very good traveling flips and then decided to do some stall turns.
On about the fourth turn I the wind blew the heli sideways towards me and into the sun. I couldnt really see which way the hei was going and before I knew it I had flown into the ground at pretty much maximum speed..
It was a very hard hit and there isnt much left of the heli.
There is probably some damage ive not noticed yet but this is most of it.
The frame snapped in half infront of the mainshaft breaking all four chassis plates.
The maingear is broken.
The boom snapped into 3 peices
One blade was damaged (the other survived)
The flybar is banana shaped.
The feathering shaft is bent
The mainshaft is bent.
I lost the tail control arm.
I lost a pitch control arm.
Lots of balljoints broke as well as some of the plastic head peices.
A ball has sheared off in the bladeholder.
The skids snapped in half
The canopy is a bit smashed up.
The battery was about 20ft further up the feild but appart from a small dent seems undamaged
All my electrics look ok, I dont think I broke any servo gears or damaged any wiring (but I will have to strip the heli down and test everything)
Im not quite sure what to do now.
I do have some spare plastic bits, including a frame that I could transplant the rest of my parts onto. I will still need to buy some new bits but this will be the cheapest way to fix it.
I dont have all that much money to spend at the moment, I have been looking at buying a beam but I dont think I can afford it.
I thought I would be more upset, im mainy annoyed that im unlikely to get it fixed this weekend so I wont have anything to do.
I am quite annoyed I broke my new blades after only 6 flights
So the lesson is... dont be overconfident when its windy and dont let the heli drift towards you in a turn... keep it at a safe distance so it wont go into the sun
This lesson will be an expensive one, but I guess thats heli flying for you
At least it wasnt an expensive 700
For the ghoulish amongst you I will post a few pics later once I have found the camera and had a smoke
Im a bit annoyed at myself as I managed to crash for the first time tonight.
The damage is pretty severe, the Belt CP might be dead...
I bought two new batterys so my first two flights were just flying around gently. During the second flight it started to get quite windy but it was ok when flying gently.
The third flight started very well, my new carbon blades worked very well and I did a few very good traveling flips and then decided to do some stall turns.
On about the fourth turn I the wind blew the heli sideways towards me and into the sun. I couldnt really see which way the hei was going and before I knew it I had flown into the ground at pretty much maximum speed..
It was a very hard hit and there isnt much left of the heli.
There is probably some damage ive not noticed yet but this is most of it.
The frame snapped in half infront of the mainshaft breaking all four chassis plates.
The maingear is broken.
The boom snapped into 3 peices
One blade was damaged (the other survived)
The flybar is banana shaped.
The feathering shaft is bent
The mainshaft is bent.
I lost the tail control arm.
I lost a pitch control arm.
Lots of balljoints broke as well as some of the plastic head peices.
A ball has sheared off in the bladeholder.
The skids snapped in half
The canopy is a bit smashed up.
The battery was about 20ft further up the feild but appart from a small dent seems undamaged
All my electrics look ok, I dont think I broke any servo gears or damaged any wiring (but I will have to strip the heli down and test everything)
Im not quite sure what to do now.
I do have some spare plastic bits, including a frame that I could transplant the rest of my parts onto. I will still need to buy some new bits but this will be the cheapest way to fix it.
I dont have all that much money to spend at the moment, I have been looking at buying a beam but I dont think I can afford it.
I thought I would be more upset, im mainy annoyed that im unlikely to get it fixed this weekend so I wont have anything to do.
I am quite annoyed I broke my new blades after only 6 flights
So the lesson is... dont be overconfident when its windy and dont let the heli drift towards you in a turn... keep it at a safe distance so it wont go into the sun
This lesson will be an expensive one, but I guess thats heli flying for you
At least it wasnt an expensive 700
For the ghoulish amongst you I will post a few pics later once I have found the camera and had a smoke
Doesnt sound to good! Bet your glad you didnt sell the other heli
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