I guess I was do for it...

Crashagain · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:10 am Post subject: I guess I was do for it...

So I finally get out to the field on Sun after the rain and wind stop and get to do some flying. It's been a couple of weeks with all the crappy weather.
I am on my 7th flight with the Velocity and she is running sweeeeet...
I decide to bring it lower, I am doing nose in flips just a few feet off the deck and feeling really good, I take my last flip and as I exit it nose down I start doing a really nice nose down funnel, my friend standing beside me was blown away, and says he wished he'd grabbed his camera.. Then it happens, as I try to exit the manuver I totally over loaded the head and bogged the heli big time. It just dropped from the sky, luckily only a few feet up but it still fell hard. I was suprised that I did not bend the usual stuff like the main shaft, feather shaft and such. Instead it bends little stupid things. Swash follower, linkage arms on the blade grips things like that. Total damage, 127.46. OUCH!!
I figured it's been almost a year simce my last crash, and well over 300 flights, so I can't really complain. But it still hurts...

T-R-E-V · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject:

Hi Crash,

Thanks’ for sharing your experience with us,

it’s always the same we crash when our heli when is running at its best,

Sounds like we are missing out on your advanced manoeuvres, you will have to start video these,

Sorry about the crash, but if this is any conciliation even the very best do.

Link

Trev.

tombo242 · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear about that Crash,

Seems only yesterday I was feeling jealous of your "No crashes for a year" post! Still like Trev said it happens to us all - even the best.

Anyway, hope your parts come soon.

Tom.

chopper54 · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:13 am Post subject:

hi crash
300 flights since your last crash is a good run. you need to change your name to crashoccasionally.

admiral · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:40 am Post subject:

Hi Crash,

Sorry to hear about your prang, but if you average it out $127 over 300 flights, thats 43 cents per flight, wish my average that low.

If I have a weekend without breaking anything it's a weekend worth celebrating.

Crashagain · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:20 am Post subject:

Hey Admiral I like the way you add that up.. But don't forget to add the 40 bucks a week that I spend in fuel...
Well I got my parts today and she is all back together.
I need to get a pair of those camera spy glasses I've seen on ebay. The camera on the hat brim does not work to well. Too hard to tell what it's seeing. I hope that I can keep her in the air for another 300 flights.