If anyone ever wondered how well does a max v2 crash......

[gazmk2]

...Well.. it turns out they crash pretty well!! My main belt snapped in mid air at helifest and it managed to unplug the sbus cable to my reciever at the same time! This meant I had no control so couldn't auto down. It went in inverted from a great height and landed on it's head.







Lower framed smashed like it should, carbon boom had zero damage (it bent the alloy plate it bolts to!!) I managed to shear the feathering shaft clean off and then mainshaft, canopy and links.

More importantly though, none of the electronics were damaged, the entire boom and tail assembly are undamaged, the main/tail gears are undamaged and even the upper frames nearly managed to survive (a bolt hole was split thats all!)

I had a mild crash on my old 700 and the parts to rebuilt that came to more than the parts needed to put this back together!!




P.s

The main belt had done 784 flights!! so maybe change it a little earlier than that next time! LOL

[crash-test-tomo]

784 flights!! Thats awesome

[myxiplx]

784 flights!!!! Holy cow! I would kill to be able to get to the field to fly a 700 that often. Wow!

Gutted to hear about the crash, but hey, if you're going to crash you might as well make it a good one! I'm amazed at that carbon boom surviving, that's a *lot* stronger than you might think, and it has me thinking I should go for the Evo upgrade on the Protos 380. Having the carbon frames survive and protect the electronics is a definite plus.

I am going to be thinking carefully about my FBL and receiver placement on the 380 though, just in case.... :-D

[scallybert]

...Well.. it turns out they crash pretty well!! My main belt snapped in mid air at helifest and it managed to unplug the sbus cable to my reciever at the same time! This meant I had no control so couldn't auto down. It went in inverted from a great height and landed on it's head.
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The main belt had done 784 flights!! so maybe change it a little earlier than that next time! LOL

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I am going to be thinking carefully about my FBL and receiver placement on the 380 though, just in case.... :-D

That [control vulnerability] was the 'moral' I was taking away.

A major failure taking out the controls becomes a catastrophe..!

[gazmk2]

It's an ironic situation actually, that carbon boom costs £100 and didn't break but it broke around £100 worth of aluminium parts, a stock boom costs £30 (i think??) and would have only broken itself. Food for thought if anyone is considering a carbon boom!

[Planehazza]

£100 for a boom?!

[gazmk2]

Yeah! It's 8mm carbon for most of its length, it doesn't break and it makes the tail feel super responsive (or so the pro pilots say...i'm not that good! LOL) I bought it purely for aesthetics and the lack of boom supports.

https://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/c...ax-700-v2.html

[Pj1969]

Feel your pain mate, but just goes to show, it surely pays off having a carbon boom in a crash. That's my next upgrade once I've got used to how it fly and saved my pennies lol

[bigpops]

I have to congratulate you on 700+ flights. That's probably about 3 years flying for me, across all my helis, never mind just one.

[gazmk2]

I'm fairly lucky in that my shift pattern gives me decent time off during the week and quite a few 07:30-15:00 shifts giving me the afternoon to go fly too.

Took the motor apart and found the bearings are not sounding healthy so I think they need changing too! Anyone got a link for some Scorpion 4535 motor bearings?

[gazmk2]

Don't worry, found some!