Niko
10-26-2007, 05:11 PM
I had a problem with my Stratus last weekend.
The right side bellcrank came off while hovering about 10 ft up and the heli went straight down and hit hard. I only had about 7 or 8 flight on it at the time. It looked like I didn't have enough locktite. It took out the blades, flybar, flybar stiffener, and tail boom and stripped the gears in most servos but no damage to the frames. I was not happy to say the least.
Now I think I will check every single bolt after each flight for probably the next 10 flights just to make sure nothing is getting loose.
I am currently putting it back together, hopefully I can fly it again this weekend. It hovered very well compared to my other machines with practically no vibration. I haven't gone into FFF with it yet as I haven't had my canopy on.
The right side bellcrank came off while hovering about 10 ft up and the heli went straight down and hit hard. I only had about 7 or 8 flight on it at the time. It looked like I didn't have enough locktite. It took out the blades, flybar, flybar stiffener, and tail boom and stripped the gears in most servos but no damage to the frames. I was not happy to say the least.
Now I think I will check every single bolt after each flight for probably the next 10 flights just to make sure nothing is getting loose.
I am currently putting it back together, hopefully I can fly it again this weekend. It hovered very well compared to my other machines with practically no vibration. I haven't gone into FFF with it yet as I haven't had my canopy on.