Very upsetting day

[dave j]

As per title, after nearly a year of building and setting up my air ambulance all really enjoyed i must say, i decided today was the day to maiden it so off we went to the field where i fly, all the checks done everything working as it should i preceded to spool up and lift off she flew and looked amazing but after a couple of slow circuits the tail blew out and blades hit the tail chopping it completely off and it hit the deck hard, so all my hard work came down to 5mins flying then disaster as i was on my own theres no video but i will upload some photos i took when i got home upset about it is an understatement Will i do another build?
just now i dont think i have the heart for it

[LaurenceGough]

Sorry to hear that . I suppose even with the best checks no model is invincible to failure...

[SamS]

Ohh Mann, That's disappointing.

Seeing some of your other posts saying how long it's taken you to do the fuselage and all that !

Feel sorry for you

[djm]

I'm so sorry that's the problem with scale all the time spent building and somthing happens do you know what caused it....

[Dan22]

Sorry to hear about the crash, i was contemplating building a scale heli myself but don't think i could face a crash, iv'e just rebuilt my Titan after a minor bump and that was bad enough!

Regards,
Daniel.

[Jez N]

Sorry to hear this. Having seen some threads and the effort that goes into making a scale model...........

[Boggy]

Gutted for you Dave,exactly the reason mine doesn't fly very often. On the plus side they are fairly simple to repair once you get started. An old tee shirt for material and either epoxy or glass resin.

[dani_r]

Sorry to hear about this mate. Nothing worse

[nobbycopter]

Gutting, unlucky...feel for you after all the hard work you must have put in

[milly0812]

I find it hard enough after crashing a pod and boom and that only takes a couple hours. Sorry mate you have my sympathy :-(

[sparts]

I agree with all the above,gutted for you mate (

[PKNEC]

Gutted for you Dave it must have been soul destroying to see it come down like that.
Once the shock of the day has passed the enthusiasm will return and you will soon have it back in the air.

[3d lawnmower]

Scale fly ant for me but I'm sorry to here about the chopper mate it a shame that is happend I relly am felling it for u bet I looked tasty in the air tho

[helijohn]

I'm gutted just reading about it to the point I am even more terrified now of maiden flights. Sorry for your loss. I love scale helis.

[bulnose]

bad times m8

can only compare this to the guys that build planes, its more than just putting a kit together, all that time and effort it becomes part of u and emotional to see it finally fly.

sorry to hear it crashed