stacked it

[Richie b]

stacked my rex 600
was my own fault, inverted hover at about 3 foot and dumb thumed it

would have been alright but the impact knocked the receiver pack off so it sat there with the engine at full trottle

damage
side frame
all shafts
boom
clutch shoe and bell
skids
tail blade grips
fly bar
6 flight old radix main and tails
paddels
fly bar control arm
3152

not a great day
oh well its another rebuild for me this weekend

[David Drew]

Oooooops.........sorry for you.

Terrible feeling isn't it?

Still, at least you've got an objective for the weekend

David

[marktigere1]

Sorry to hear that Cali.

That's a handful of bits.

Isn't that how you killed your protos?

[machasm]

Just got my 600 back together after a radio glitch smashed it to pieces.
Bad luck mate.
Adrian.

[moyesboy]

I was thinking of a throttle return spring for this situation - after I found a wire dropped off my plug from reg to battery on my 600n during maintenance. The last flight was a lucky one, and the engine would not have stopped.
The spring doesn't have to be strong, just enough to work against the servo gear drag when there is no power. I've seen enough film of thrashing helis to wonder why it is not a common fix. There could be a spring return servo made specially for the job, but the spring is best acting on the motor end of the linkage to cover the link coming off.

[Richie b]

Sorry to hear that Cali.

That's a handful of bits.

Isn't that how you killed your protos?

almost but that was the right way up

[woody]

Isn't that how you killed your protos?

And I thought it was only me that killed protos's

[Richie b]

And I thought it was only me that killed protos's

lurvly helis but they dont crash well

[Jamez]

Lucky you weren't any closer when the clutch exploded, I was about 50 yards further away than you and it still scared the sh*t outta me...