Worst day ever

[jimmyhorns]

They cannot ask for silly money, well they could, but they wouldnt get anywhere with it.

If you are seeking damages through the courts, its reasonably that at least two independent quotes are obtained.

If they start asking silly money then just refuse.

I agree with those suggesting you seek some form of formal legal advice, so that you do not end up backing yourself into a corner.

I have to say, if someone damaged my roof with object 'x' and object 'x' had value, they wouldnt be getting it back until they had paid for the roof to be repaired. I wouldnt have the person responsible for the damage repairing my roof, it would need to be someone independent, chosen by me.

[Keith b]

Up by hey houses lane jason

[jasoncook]

I am on Heyhouses ?

[Keith b]

Yes jimmy but am a builder by trade so that to me is easy

[jimmyhorns]

Yes jimmy but am a builder by trade so that to me is easy

Yes I understand that from your posts, but there is a conflict of interest in you doing the repair.

They are perfectly entitled to have an independent third party perform the repairs, at your expense, whether you are qualified to do the work or not.

[tourerjim]

Yes jimmy but am a builder by trade so that to me is easy

Your a builder by trade but how did you approach them as a builder.???, if it was my home i would be fuming but after awhile i would calm down so if I was you id give it a couple days the go back round with the intentions of apologizing & then try & talk to them about putting the damage right

[Keith b]

Was very apologetic to the house owner and said I would be round at 8 am to fix the tiles

[Keith b]

Alls well that ends well...roof repaired...house owner happy and I have a very battered heli ! But at least no one injured and I have something to do over winter....rebuild it

Battery still intact so no idea why it decided to go off and crash itself into a roof....

[cjcj1949]

What tx have you got? Some can make a heli take off on its own. You can join the BMFA as an individual and be covered anywhere that you have permission to fly. Or the RCHA. Perhaps the throttle linkage is a problem or the throttle servo or its wiring.

[Keith b]

It's a dx6i cj it was going ok hovering going forward backwards then all of a sudden went straight up no matter what I did on the tx made no difference and when I got heli back today battery lead wast still connected so don't know what could of caused it

[cjcj1949]

I don't know how old your Dx6i is but they did have a problem with losing control. There was a problem with the sticks or the pots, it happened on the dx8 as well. If you look on the monitor screen on the tx the stick positions should be not moving. On the faulty txs it moves about on its own. If it is the tx doing its own thing then switching it off will sort the problem and the heli will go into failsafe. Have you checked that failsafe works, especially on throttle?

[Mark_T]

Have you checked that failsafe works, especially on throttle?

This is the part I'd check first.

When you get a steady climb with no response to any stick inputs the the heli may already be in fail-safe mode but with the wrong throttle setting.

Next most likely is a failure of the rx battery either through a disconnection or intermittent connection.

I doubt this will turn out to be a TX problem.

[PKNEC]

Glad to know you got it sorted Keith.
now the investigation begins!
Keep us posted with your findings.

Paul

[aamacgregor]

EDIT: Ignore this post - I didn't see the last page! Glad it all worked out! I'll leave the post here anyway.

EDIT 2: The post isn't so useful, so I've removed it

[cjcj1949]

This is the part I'd check first.

When you get a steady climb with no response to any stick inputs the the heli may already be in fail-safe mode but with the wrong throttle setting.

Next most likely is a failure of the rx battery either through a disconnection or intermittent connection.

I doubt this will turn out to be a TX problem.

I agree Mark, but it is worth checking. Probability doesn't apply to individual events. I've just realized that there isn't much emphasis on failsafe. It works without being setup on electric but on Nitro it needs to be checked. Did the heli actually go into failsafe, or did the throttle just get stuck?