ive had a crash nooooooooooo

[dayshaddow]

yep you guessed it ive had a bad crash.the broken pile is larger than the ok pile worst of all my 3 year old align cf blades are busted and they nearly broke me. yep a 2inc long peice broke off after boom strike and hit me in the gut

https://www.helifreak.com/attachment...1&d=1356528532

i was checking my tail mechanical setup so i was flying with the giro turned off ...well a suprize gust of wind a dumb thumb monent and she goes in

dam i lost my belt thats a first for me

[jperkosk]

What was it that you crashed, Antony? From the cut size looks like a 450, unless of course you were trying to fly while streaking stark naked, of course

[dayshaddow]

cant put nothing past you yep it was a 450 with cf blades,weird she wasnt at full power but manages to smash the boom in to a 90 deg angle and still had enough momentum to give me a good old slap

[dayshaddow]

well damage report after 2 hours rebuilding was..and im kinda shocked is
2 cf main blades
2 mixing arms
feathering shaft
mainshaft
main gear and tail gear ????
a belt WTF ive only ever broke 250 belts before
boom
boom supports x2
night head
both tail blades
jesus bolts x2 (bent)
and of course me

but on the pluse note the tail is very well setup

[sutty]

Ouch, that looks like it smarts, and the damage list must be disappointing. Sorry to see that, but I guess it happens. It's amazing what they can do to themselves when they implode with barely a tip over. As for belts, well I stopped using them quite some time ago, but I still have one on the 250. Mostly that just fails by wear and tear, but I usually have a couple in reserve just to be sure.

Glad you had all the parts you needed. Let us know how the shakedown flight goes.

Cheers

Sutty

[dayshaddow]

cheers buddy. im thankfull i have severial spare belts and stuff but just cant believe i lost a belt. im even more shocked that a 450 went down 10ft from me a a small section of blade caused that, it was a dead hit not a scim i would go find it and take a pic but its pooring hard with rain here. well she is at 98% rebuilt, just gotta secure the boom inthe the block and add the tail fins
funny i started flying in sept 08 and still enjoy the smell of thread lock and teflon greese(only the best for my bird) hay and ive only been flying the 315 cf blades you sent me for the belt many moons back. im excited at the 325 woodies ive just installed. well halo 4 calls take care buddy and lets hope this year we can meet at the freaks fun fly, my wife wants to come so you guys better break out the big helis otherwise she will pester me to getting a 600 which ive said no to severial time already

[Tjomp]

Originally Posted by dayshaddow

my wife wants to come so you guys better break out the big helis otherwise she will pester me to getting a 600 which ive said no to severial time already

I find that ....

[dayshaddow]

that dog appears to be female

[Tjomp]

LOL.... the word I was trying to visualize was "Backwards"

[dayshaddow]

i recovered the peice that did the damage and you know what im keeping it . those blades had more air time than any other and best of all they were a gift. HELIFREAK HELIFREAK HELIFREAK

[dayshaddow]

she flys again YAY : clap

[pinguin]

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!

You fix the bird. But it looks a lot on the damage. Keep those blades, it must be antique.

Once, my Belt CP elevator servo doesn't look good, but I still give it a go. Less then 1 minute in the air, the elevator servo stop working. It was 2 meter in the air and start going backward. I lower the throttle, because it fly toward my car. It hit the ground tail first. But not much damage. A bent boom that I can still fix. Wooden blade. Feathering shaft. Main gear.