Yay she flies, oh no she doesn't

[debrooker]

Managed to get the N5 in the air today - great feeling - unfortunately I had to use my old Redline 53, which in fairness started first time.

However I managed to strip the main gear whilst doing some pitch pumps and ended up autoing it down

Also, i replaced the standard starter cup with my old raptor one as it is more starter friendly.

[Brian Gifford]

Shame, but could have been worse! Sounds like no damage from the auto?

[debrooker]

Shame, but could have been worse! Sounds like no damage from the auto?

a bit bumpy but it remained upright, think i lost a fair amount of head speed before i hit the "auto", but got away with it

[airwolf]

Glad to hear she's back in the air Darren. Nice day for it too you lucky man!

[coptermanic]

Good effort Darren, not too much damage then.

[oneandonlyian]

cool glad you saved it. Mines still in bits in the corner of the room with the 600 looking down at it, and if you listen carefully you can hear the align going "mwaaaa haaa haaaa i'm victorious again nothing can stop me I never break for no reason only your sheer stupidity can break me" and it says it over and over.

Weird.

seriously good save.

[Spanner]

How/why did the main gear strip?