Dumped Moat-Gator again,and again,twice in one day

[elkmaster01]

OK,,,I dumped it yesterday when I went inverted without having idle-up selected. I almost recovered but I started the invert too low. Landed on his head in tall grass. The only damage was one broken tail blade.

I changed the tail blades,,,,looked over EVERYTHING,,,checked bolts, screws, shafts, everything.

When back out and flew it,,it flew great,,,still solid,,trims good,,,did some FFF. After about 3 minutes I set up for a flip,,as soon as the heli got about 90 degrees,,,the blades went nutz and down he came. The ball-linkage on one of the blade grips had busted,,,,,split right in two on the end,,so,,one blade was just flopping,,,,made a he!! of a racket.

Here's my damage now,,,,main blades toast-$80,,,,,,,landing gear busted,,,,flybar rod,,,,,forward torque tube gears,,,,and,,,,the main head housing-ouch.

The feathering shaft, main shaft,,main gear,,blade grips were all fine. I thought I was back in business until I spotted the two little alignment pins on the bottom of the head housing had sheared off. The housing is $34 and I ordered the mixing arms too,,,they got dinged but useable,,,those were $20.

So,,,over $170.

Anyone ever try to replace those little pins? I haven't pulled the head yet,,,maybe a guy could punch those out and press in a roll pin?

BTW,,,that new Fusuno canopy? One scratch,,,,no cracks,,,,,and that was a hard hit!!

[McKrackin]

Ditto,ditto,ditto ;D

[19000rpm]

Every time you crash there can be hidden damage, or just stuff you can easily overlook. I think we look at our helis so much we develop blind spots in areas that are usually ok. At least that's happened to me more than once.

Happy landings

[elkmaster01]

Jul 26, 2009 16:08:44 GMT -6 19000rpm said:

Every time you crash there can be hidden damage, or just stuff you can easily overlook. I think we look at our helis so much we develop blind spots in areas that are usually ok. At least that's happened to me more than once.

Happy landings

Yea 19K,,,,,I'm certain that the ball-link was at least damaged during the first oooops. I 'normally' do a very good pre-flight,,,and after I dumped him on his head,,I really looked hard,,,I typically give each ball-link a little yank,,I'm sure I checked that one. But like you said,,,,,after you have done it over and over and over and never having a problem,,,it's easy to just 'cruise' thru it. Thats why pilots have a checklist,,,,I may write my own pre-flight checklist and follow it religiously.

[19000rpm]

Good thought Elk. A checklist is a very good thing; particularly when you have your life on the line or are flying an expensive RC heli.

Happy landings