kamikaze 700

[moonmanflyer]

Stripped yet another gear on the Aurora today must be setting the backlash wrong. also crashed the 250 so my fleet is down to none!!

I know the feeling, just took my rave to the club today, was great fun though

[davie]

i have managed to straiten a couple of pipes bent like yours with water and the freezer method plug the manifold with a c cell battery with a layer of tape around it make's it a tight fit fill with water make shure you get all the air out ,takes a bit off shaking to get all the air out then plug the end put in the fridge over night check in the morning youl be suprised how much it will move the dents if not quite happy do it again , then strait'n the bolt plate with plyers , it may not look as new but will work fine

[synergyn9]

Stripped yet another gear on the Aurora today must be setting the backlash wrong. also crashed the 250 so my fleet is down to none!!

you should of seen it, it stripped on the floor during spool up

there must of been 20 complete teeth sat on the floor around it

sorry tom, know I shouldn't laugh, but with your luck this weekend, what else can you do

[raptorheli2]

sorry for delay in response.

what you do is fill it with water and bung up the holes with something. be very careful doing this and make sure all air is out the pipe. i should say there is a chance if not done right the pipe will rupture so keep checking it every hour or so and check progress. i wouldn't leave it in freezer overnight unattended.

you may need to spend a few days with freezing, thawing, freezing, thawing etc to get it right. i've seen far worse than that come back out the freezer and being perfectly usable.

cheers

[Tom Burgess]

no damage to the Aurora I hope Tom?

No, luckily it happened during spool up so i got lucky with that

you should of seen it, it stripped on the floor during spool up

there must of been 20 complete teeth sat on the floor around it

sorry tom, know I shouldn't laugh, but with your luck this weekend, what else can you do

Tell me about it Nick, worst on record for me by far. Suppose I had it coming really

sorry for delay in response.

what you do is fill it with water and bung up the holes with something. be very careful doing this and make sure all air is out the pipe. i should say there is a chance if not done right the pipe will rupture so keep checking it every hour or so and check progress. i wouldn't leave it in freezer overnight unattended.

you may need to spend a few days with freezing, thawing, freezing, thawing etc to get it right. i've seen far worse than that come back out the freezer and being perfectly usable.

cheers

Thanks, I will give that a go. I will be much happier if I can get that sorted.


Anyway, I found out why it hit the dirt!! The power lead from the Flighttech 8A reg came out of the receiver!!

Those things are loose in the AR7000. anyone any tips for securing them??

[jamiem]

I always run a thick bead of hot glue around the edge of the plugs which secures them nicely - I've never had a problem since doing this, I had a cyclic servo disconnect on my synergy last year and now do it on all machines as a matter of course.

[Tom Burgess]

I always run a thick bead of hot glue around the edge of the plugs which secures them nicely - I've never had a problem since doing this, I had a cyclic servo disconnect on my synergy last year and now do it on all machines as a matter of course.

thats a great idea i will do that

[Ashley Davis]

if you were in a hover and a link snaps from the upper mixer to the blade what usually happens is that blade will find the path of least resistance through the air (0 degrees pitch). I've had this happen a couple of times and all that happens is you get a bit of vibration and it will loose height as only one blade is now providing lift. It slamming into the ground sounds like something else to me.

[Tom Burgess]

if you were in a hover and a link snaps from the upper mixer to the blade what usually happens is that blade will find the path of least resistance through the air (0 degrees pitch). I've had this happen a couple of times and all that happens is you get a bit of vibration and it will loose height as only one blade is now providing lift. It slamming into the ground sounds like something else to me.

yeah, power failure

[machasm]

Sorry to hear of your crash Tom.
If its any help I have stripped my 700 down and am selling the parts.
Looking for £380 for the airframe OVNO.
PM if interested.

[Ashley Davis]

yeah, power failure

oops, missed your comment about the regulator wire coming out.....ho hum, at least you know what happens when a ball link snaps in the hover though

[barney]

A small dia carbon rod threaded through the wiring and little elastic band as above is another method.

sorry to hear about your trail of destruction!

Brian

[Tom Burgess]

oops, missed your comment about the regulator wire coming out.....ho hum, at least you know what happens when a ball link snaps in the hover though

yes thanks for that info Ash. So glad it wasnt the quick links, really couldnt face a total link refit again, my poor fingers!

A small dia carbon rod threaded through the wiring and little elastic band as above is another method.

sorry to hear about your trail of destruction!

Brian

Thats brilliant, i will get onto that tonight

[Tom Burgess]

Sorry to hear of your crash Tom.
If its any help I have stripped my 700 down and am selling the parts.
Looking for £380 for the airframe OVNO.
PM if interested.

Yes I saw that Adrian, already had a lot of the parts in stock so I will give it a miss but thanks for the thought

[machasm]

Yes I saw that Adrian, already had a lot of the parts in stock so I will give it a miss but thanks for the thought

No problem Tom just thought it would be mutually beneficial.
Again sorry to hear of your misfortune and hope your back in the air soon.
Adrian.