Avant of Mass Destruction!!!!!

[BigVanVader]

I lost orientation practicing piro tictocs and was too low to recover...initial impact wasnt bad but it flung the receiver and the rest of the electronics and the motor went wide open...i had to chase it about 50yards as it beat itself to a pulp , flipping halfway across the pasture.

[WayneBrown]

oh damn dude! that is effed up!
I feel your pain man..
Did it break the frames, or have you looked yet?

[BigVanVader]

Left side frame will have to be replaced because it pulled the front canopy mount through its hole.Frames didnt break otherwise.

[eheliflyer]

Wow that looks painful. Sorry to see that, :( but I love seeing carnage. :twisted:

[Kinger]

Wow Vance, that just brings a tear to my eye. Hope you can get it fixed up and flying again soon!

[BigVanVader]

I was one ut oh high when it happened..only problem was I said utoh twice before it hit the ground :arggg: :arggg: :arggg: Gonna be a few weeks before I can afford to fix it...wanna play you gotta pay :mrgreen: :(

[WillJames]

Oh man, sorry to see that. That looks about like a good Shannon crash!! :shock:

Good luck getting it back together fast!!

[SteveL]

Man I hate to see that. I know how hard you worked and saved for that. Bummer dude. I hope you get it back in the air soon

[tnreefguy]

At least it didnt bend that 300$ head.

[fly boy 1]

Dear God NO! :WOW
That was such a nice heli, and canopy, don't feel too bad, I put my raptor 50 in this weekend from a bad auto. Now the avant has a boost of parts on the way hehe.

[Espeefan]

Dang. All that nice aluminum too. The scratches and gouges on the head block and blade grips definitely hurt.

[ChrisLaFollette]

Vance, I just got a new airbrush today. Send me an avant canopy and ill ruin it for ya and send it back. :lol:

[jbiter]

Left side frame will have to be replaced because it pulled the front canopy mount through its hole.Frames didnt break otherwise.

Hi Vance,

You might try what I did in the future. Take your front canopy standoffs and dremel a breaking point into them so you sacrifice the standoff rather than the frame.

Sorry to hear about your loss dude.

Jeff

[BigVanVader]

Thanks for the advice Jeff.....Ill do that with the next set. :arggg:

[jbiter]

Hi Vance,

Anytime. Let me know when you get it back together. Maybe we could get together and fly some?

Jeff

[BarracudaHockey]

Holy moly that sucks dude!

You're welcome to fly our stuff if you get back to Jax.

[Gary O]

Sorry to see that, I do feel your paing though. Yesterday I was doing death spirals and working on coming out at the bottom into tic tocs. I have been coming out of the spiral upright every time but the last time, hit pos collective when it should have been neg, drove one of my Tempests straight in the ground. Parts went every where.

[Ivan]

I have just observed a moment of silence for you.....

[Gary O]

I had to walk about 200 yards to pick up the remains, it felt like going to a funeral.

[JohnSSN700]

Oh man, that sucks. I feel for ya but know what it feels like. My new Evo .90 was shot down and was a complete loss, well the gas tank and landing gear made it. :arggg:

[elviswl]

That sucks Vance.

Man that heli was flying soooo great.



-elvis

[BigVanVader]

Never fear....i'll be back with it....just gonna take a little while...the receiver,gv1 box,gyro amp and box,and my duralite setup all took a pretty good beating....im going to send all that stuff in to have it checked out first,then ill start the rebuild.

STUPID THUMBS!!!!!! :arggg: :arggg: :bomb:

[Mr-C]

Whoa Vance! That's not what we wanted to see. Go through that thing with a fine tooth comb right away. See ya on multiplayer. :-|

[Dr_Fibinotchi]

whats total cost of this crash?


-Cody

[BigVanVader]

I do not know the cost as I havnt rebuilt the heli yet....im awaiting the release of the Aurora conversion for my rebuild.