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hjscm · 05-09-2005, 09:05 AM

okay this is wierd. sometimes the tail rotor stops woring. happend twice in flight but happens a lot when i go to spin up. i am flying the dominion 90 and tried some other that i downloaded. is this a known problem?
thanks

vitek · 05-09-2005, 10:38 AM

If the tail rotor contacts the ground the drive system will fail. I'm working on a change that will only let the tail fail if it hits the ground with a user specified force factor.

As for it happening in flight, I have to ask if you were doing anything near the ground or other objects. If you were not, then I need to investigate further. If you were, there is a pretty good chance that the tail touched down.

Travis

hjscm · 05-09-2005, 05:24 PM

actually it is during spin up so the tail isn't hitting the ground. and happend in flight only about 10' of the ground.

BigVanVader · 05-09-2005, 06:59 PM

Sometimes during spoolup if full negative is applied the tail rotor will touch and fail.Ive had it happen to me several times.Its most obvious on the heli that i built which has a little more power and collective authority.

vitek · 05-10-2005, 12:26 AM

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actually it is during spin up so the tail isn't hitting the ground.

The tail can hit the ground on spool up pretty easily. It happens in real life to. I managed to do it with my Ion just this last weekend.

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happend in flight only about 10' of the ground.

I looked through the code for different ways to break the tail rotor. I did not see anything that I wouldn't expect.

If you think it is a bug, make a recording of a flight where the tail rotor breaks in the air and post it here or e-mail it to me.

Travis

05-09-2005, 09:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
hjscm Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2005	tail rotor not working? okay this is wierd. sometimes the tail rotor stops woring. happend twice in flight but happens a lot when i go to spin up. i am flying the dominion 90 and tried some other that i downloaded. is this a known problem? thanks

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BigVanVader Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Apr 2004	Sometimes during spoolup if full negative is applied the tail rotor will touch and fail.Ive had it happen to me several times.Its most obvious on the heli that i built which has a little more power and collective authority. __________________ Vance Hill My HF Map location

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05-09-2005, 10:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
vitek My HF Map location Join Date: Apr 2004	If the tail rotor contacts the ground the drive system will fail. I'm working on a change that will only let the tail fail if it hits the ground with a user specified force factor. As for it happening in flight, I have to ask if you were doing anything near the ground or other objects. If you were not, then I need to investigate further. If you were, there is a pretty good chance that the tail touched down. Travis

05-09-2005, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
hjscm Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Apr 2005	actually it is during spin up so the tail isn't hitting the ground. and happend in flight only about 10' of the ground.

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