crashed!

[Carl Farrington]

I crashed today :)
It was great
I was sideways hover practicing in the back yard only about 0.75mtr off the
ground.
It went sideways into the ground and ended up upside down :)

tee hee :) my gf woke up from her nap when she heard the crack-smack bang
:-)

luckily i've only had to order a tailblade holder and feathering spindle..
Got spare blades and flybar

yippee some more work to do on me heli ! The muffler is doing well with
these longer 35mm bolts from Revo

Wish I had my digi camera now! I took a couple of pictures with my phone but
haven't got infra-red to download them to my peecee. gutted.

[Gordon Dunn]

You got away without changing your main mast? Are you sure? Best take it
out and roll it down a mirror or a piece of glass- this is the only sure way
of telling if it's totally straight. If it makes a 'pulsing' noise it is
bent. If you try to fly with a bent main shaft- no matter how small the
bend is- the vibration on the rest of the heli will be enormous!




GD



"Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
news:b3u4l0$o7j$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> I crashed today :)
> It was great
> I was sideways hover practicing in the back yard only about 0.75mtr off
the
> ground.
> It went sideways into the ground and ended up upside down :)
>
> tee hee :) my gf woke up from her nap when she heard the crack-smack bang
> :-)
>
> luckily i've only had to order a tailblade holder and feathering spindle..
> Got spare blades and flybar
>
> yippee some more work to do on me heli ! The muffler is doing well with
> these longer 35mm bolts from Revo
>
> Wish I had my digi camera now! I took a couple of pictures with my phone
but
> haven't got infra-red to download them to my peecee. gutted.
>
>

[Carl Farrington]

"Gordon Dunn" <mail@gordondunn.co.uk> wrote in message
news:b3v0ha$mft$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> You got away without changing your main mast? Are you sure? Best take it
> out and roll it down a mirror or a piece of glass- this is the only sure
way
> of telling if it's totally straight. If it makes a 'pulsing' noise it is
> bent. If you try to fly with a bent main shaft- no matter how small the
> bend is- the vibration on the rest of the heli will be enormous!
>
>
>
>
> GD

i have been thiking the main shaft must've got bent a little in at least one
of my three crashes so far... I should check it like you say :)

>
>
>
> "Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
> news:b3u4l0$o7j$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> > I crashed today :)
> > It was great
> > I was sideways hover practicing in the back yard only about 0.75mtr off
> the
> > ground.
> > It went sideways into the ground and ended up upside down :)
> >
> > tee hee :) my gf woke up from her nap when she heard the crack-smack
bang
> > :-)
> >
> > luckily i've only had to order a tailblade holder and feathering
spindle..
> > Got spare blades and flybar
> >
> > yippee some more work to do on me heli ! The muffler is doing well with
> > these longer 35mm bolts from Revo
> >
> > Wish I had my digi camera now! I took a couple of pictures with my phone
> but
> > haven't got infra-red to download them to my peecee. gutted.
> >
> >
>
>