richieclarkie is like an ikea wardrobe

[Boggy]

the same hieght as me, not well built and wobbly.

poor richie took a ribbing today for a crash that was essentialy my fault! he spent 45 minutes setting up a heli for me today, then test flew it.
it hovered hands off the sticks and was running nicely. a few hovering piro's then a circuit....all of a sudden ..whoomp down it came from 20 feet with full negative pitch.
"don't touch it till we can see what went"says richie
"it just locked out" ...nope... dx7 thinks me
"rx battery fell out"....nope....i put an elastic band round it thinks me
he carried it back to the pits,and i found the battery and joined him. NOW the my fault bit...it was a900mah nimh which i normaly use for one flight and then change, we had just spent the best part of an hour using it and when tested was knackered(really too small for the job anyway)
ive just called in hobby hangar on the way home and got all the bits to repair, not including the cost of a proper rx battery and upgrading to carbon blades it was£ 47.99 not a bad let off really.

the moral of this story is dont try and save pennies it will cost you more in the end.

and never, never, ever let richieclarkie near your heli


seriuosly though thanks for the help richie you can be my wing man anyday!!!

[ChrisB]

Bummer

What heli was it Ron?,

I will be there tomorrow PM but probably gonna just fly on Sundays from now on,wanna take a step back from heli flying probably until next spring maybe,depends not sure yet

[Boggy]

dan's raptor. its been a bugger to set up, every thing was miles out. but richie made a sweet job of it. i just over looked the amount of time we had the pack switched on. but we live and learn. i thought 900 packs were ok for one flight but of course thats fifteen minutes tops. have just bought two more 4100 c cells

[ChrisB]

Those 4100`s are perfect

[Boggy]

yep will also help with the c'of g. dont know if i can make tomorrow now dan is working and i have a bit of debt collecting to do..... sold my bike to a "mate"(more lessons to learn)

[ChrisB]

Ok Ron,well i am sure we will catch up one Sunday soon

[robgt]

Yeah, I hate it when your heli crashes because you haven't charged the pack!!

Cheers,
Rob

[jamiem]

Yeah, I hate it when your heli crashes because you haven't charged the pack!!

Cheers,
Rob

yeah, who'd do that eh Rob! ive done it myself, one of my first ever flights on my original raptor30v2....

[Boggy]

quick update on costs
1x fly bar
1x main gear
1xflybar control rod
1x rotor hub
1x servo tray
1x tail boom
total £39.00 not bad for such a big pile in

i already had a set of spare u/c. and main and feathering shafts were ok!!
didn't include cost of the blades as they were woodies and would have been replaced soon anyway

[fatmantom]

nooo sorry to hear it boggie...

these dam battery packs!

the moral of this story is dont try and save pennies it will cost you more in the end.

a men to that!!

[richieclarkie]

Hey Boggie

Sorry that your heli went in. It was flying fine as well.

I am dubious that the pack died after a full charge with the amount of set up time we actually did with it. I think the pack was fooked and had very little capacity left. Sub-C nicad or Nihm is the way to go. Those AA cells are easy too fry. There you go, not what either of us wanted.

Also I would check your RX charger as you said the light goes out and being a constant current charger it shouldn't.

[Boggy]

yep lessons learnt richie! from now on im using my pro peak so i can see whats going in and out
its nearly all back together just waiting for the servo tray from realraptors.
lets hope she still flies as nice or you'll have to go through all that again!!

[LipolyGone]

Was this a battery that came with the heli or one you suplied Ron?

[richieclarkie]

Probably bought it from this guy

[LipolyGone]

LOL Richie your not far off the mark with that only not quite as handsome