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  • #1

    First Tail Rotor Failure

    Well, That was fun!

    Doing some stall turns and bam crunch, one of the TT gears strip..

    Hit hold and stired the cyclic a bit.. and landed


    Just gotta order the parts now

    -Callum
    "Anger and Frustration bring the best out of my flying ability.. because generally I don't give a shit either if the machine hit's the deck or stay's in the air - both will accomplish satisfaction, but most of all it exerts the feeling of flying conservatively. - Callum"

     www.callumheli.co.uk

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  • #2
    got any pics of the damaged parts for us to gawp at?

    yeah good one if you managed to land in one piece
    Last edited by Gav; 10-03-2010, 04:51 PM. Reason: smeg head

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    • #3
      Is it just the gears? If so, nice save!

      Martin

      Most of the Aligns, fair few Spektrum bits, bunch of Align & HiTec servos, OBE, VD & Bar.

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      • #4
        Yeah just the front lower gear, Parts ordered..

        Also the blades where outta track.. just replaced the dampers as they were so badly shot! only replaced them with the crappy grey "sport" dampers for now.

        -Callum

        P.S Being able to piroflip etc and hitting hold early saved me.
        "Anger and Frustration bring the best out of my flying ability.. because generally I don't give a shit either if the machine hit's the deck or stay's in the air - both will accomplish satisfaction, but most of all it exerts the feeling of flying conservatively. - Callum"

         www.callumheli.co.uk

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        • #5
          Stop being a tight arse and get some decent KBD dampers in there!
          x 3

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          • #6
            More to the point, why did it strip, is this on the 600? If so, it's got a very robust tail drive train, I tried many times to strip it in flight with lots of hard reversals, and it stood up very well, never missed a beat. Either you damaged it before hand or something is amiss on the model somewhere. Give it a careful check over when changing the gear....

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            • #7
              Good save

              Like Sako said get some harder dampers

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