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11-07-2010, 08:13 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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1 CPII just paid for the other 10
Well I thought today would be a good day to break out the 600>800 Ap rig and get the camera's cranking a bit..
Well into the 3rd flight and dealing with the wind gusts with some heavy collective management.. Up around 70 feet with no warning I lose the tail and this monster starts a high speed piro. I hit TH and start praying Sitting with a building to one side and a treeline on the other didn't leave a whole bunch of area to shoot an auto. So I'm stuck trying to due a basic hover auto... the tail slowed down and managed to come down flat and level although a bit harder than I cared for.. I watched this 800 hit the ground and spring back up a few inches before it settled.. I put the radio down and walk over expecting the worst, what I found was the tail was free spinning..( I thought I burnt the servo).. every thing else looked to be fine. As I reach over to start to disconnect the batteries.. I see the swash tilt way over....I pulled the batteries and went back for my Tx.. Surprisingly, I found that when I hit TH I also flipped on the CPII which was the reason the heli came down flat and level.. That unit saved this machine from getting totaled not to mention saving 3 on board camera's Final damages.. My own fault.. when I made up the TT for this 800, I forgot to JB Weld the ends, so all that torque was being held by 2 very little screws..I'm shocked that it lasted as long as it did. The only other damage was to the camera mount cracked through 2 support arms but was easily repaired. Lesson learned triple check everything..then check it again!!! Because this was the result of not...
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11-07-2010, 08:27 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Night, it wa very windy in Philly and cold. I took my 500 up and doing some rolls when a big gust of wind blew my bird into the sun and I lost all orientations. No worries, just let cp2 go to work and all is well. Glad to see your damages were minimal. Cp2' don't fly without it
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11-07-2010, 08:38 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Thx..all repaired now, if the weather holds I'll try it tomorrow depending if i have any daylight left by the time I get home ( I hate this EST/DST)
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11-07-2010, 08:56 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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This should be posted up for histories sake for all the unbelievers out there! Nice work bro! (again, lol )
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11-07-2010, 10:03 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Any save by what ever means is a good thing in my books Well done on a good recovery
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11-08-2010, 10:43 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Great to hear about your save.
Do you happen to have any video of the incident? I remember viewing post a while back of a tail failure of some sort and the on board cam captured the entire incident. Amazing video and recovery on the part of the pilot. I will attempt to locate the post, as the incident was quite similar to yours. Thank you for sharing nightflyr.
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11-08-2010, 11:12 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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I had the tail failure before I turned the camera's on.. was planning on getting some altitude before I started video taping...
I would like to say hopefully next time ...but under those conditions I hope not
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11-08-2010, 11:45 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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Like this?
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGCwcFTCRA[/ame]
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11-08-2010, 12:16 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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That's was about what it would have looked like except I managed to stay on my skids in the end
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11-08-2010, 01:47 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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I can't seem to find the one I was referring to. The quality of the on board vid was very good. The pilot had it in a high hover when something let loose on the tail. He hit TH rather quickly and autoed into a very nice landing. I do remember it being a pretty high $ AP rig. I will keep searching for it.
EDIT: Finally found it. Here is the OP with his explanation about what happened. https://www.helifreak.com/showpost.p...53&postcount=1 Here is his video
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Brian T-Rex 700F3C / T-Rex 450 Pro / Blade mCPX / Blade mSR / Blade mCX / Walkera 53Q3 JR X9503 / Spektrum DX7 Phoenix Sim Last edited by Bri; 11-08-2010 at 02:48 PM.. |
11-08-2010, 02:33 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Good Save!
That had to be an instant Pucker Factor of about 9.5 with sooo much riding on a safe landing with no time to think, just react.
Looks like you still have those cat-like reflexes Night
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11-08-2010, 02:47 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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Mel..let me put it this way ...
it scared the CRAP outta me
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