Big crash

[pvolcko]

So I've been practicing some aerobatic auto-rotations. Got a couple/few dozen of them under my belt with rolls and flips in them. Well, didn't go so well on Thursday. Ended up dumb thumbing it into a blade stall and pretty steep dive. Not enough time to flip out of throttle hold. Had to watch it javelin in. Both side frames, bottom plate, struts, boom/tt, boom struts, main blades (and probably main shaft and spindle shaft), canopy, a battery tray (metal KDE aftermarket one), and at least one rx satellite bent broke or disintegrated. Was my Trex 700, one I bought off Gaba years ago on RC-Help.com. I was pulling parts out of a 8 inch deep hole in the ground.

So that heli is toast. Will strip off the usable stuff, fire sale it, and junk the model.

[Graham Lawrie]

Not so good Paul however great to hear you are flying:) sounds like a heavy crash. Any pictures?

The best bit i love about crashing is building:)

[pvolcko]

Didn't take pics at the field. May take some of the carnage on the bench before I pull it all apart.

Yup been flying a fair amount this season. Summer is ending too soon.

[Derek]

I think its cool that you can even do that kind of auto rotation. I was never daring enough to try. It sucks about the crash. Sounds like it was a pretty heavy hit.

[pvolcko]

Yeah. Probably the most damaging crash I've had with a heli. Basically fell straight into the ground from 40 ft up or so. Very loud thud.

[cml001]

Keep at it!... those r tricky for sure. But awesome! Crashes happen.. I practically had the entire fleet on the floor of my basement for months and didn’t fly much at all so far this year... it happens. Fix’m & fly’m!

[Graham Lawrie]

OUCH!! you could grow potatoes in that frame:)

[cml001]

Lol