buster1
09-15-2006, 05:56 PM
Last weekend I crashed my Lepton after a full day of 3D'ing,
went home after flying and decided to test a new battery out on my friends driveway.
Was not paying attention and hit the cable TV wire and cut it right in half - just so you know, the lepton will cut a cable wire in half - we didn't even realize we cut the wire until we went inside and the TV was out,
All in all the crash wasn't that bad considering it cut the wire and then slammed into the garage door - cost me about $175.00 for all the parts including the blades.
Graphite frames were still intact and did not crack - motor survived as well.
Pretty tough conidering - just about have it rebuilt for flying this weekend - I hopefully won't be flying by any wires in the near future - I hate a crash that happens due to stupidity.
But the Heli. has been very reliable - I had about 30-40 flights on it with no issues and then hit the cable wire.
Jeff
went home after flying and decided to test a new battery out on my friends driveway.
Was not paying attention and hit the cable TV wire and cut it right in half - just so you know, the lepton will cut a cable wire in half - we didn't even realize we cut the wire until we went inside and the TV was out,
All in all the crash wasn't that bad considering it cut the wire and then slammed into the garage door - cost me about $175.00 for all the parts including the blades.
Graphite frames were still intact and did not crack - motor survived as well.
Pretty tough conidering - just about have it rebuilt for flying this weekend - I hopefully won't be flying by any wires in the near future - I hate a crash that happens due to stupidity.
But the Heli. has been very reliable - I had about 30-40 flights on it with no issues and then hit the cable wire.
Jeff