Bonsai stuffed another one......

[Bonsai]

I tell you guys I am havin one hell of a month.... two weeks ago I broke a flybar wire in flight and lost my #1 ship..then I get my #2 ship all hooked up and then 2 days ago I dumb thumbed it right into the dirt. not to bad just shafts and blades servo gears and a canopy... today on the test flights on my #3 bird I lost the tail rotor control rod.... Autoed and no damage..........I sure hope this is the end of my bad luck........ sure hope that MA starts shipping the stratus soon...
Dean

[buster1]

I understand - I had not crashed for almost two years and then lost one ship due to a faulty RX switch - switched to solid states switches there and then nailed my second ship when a screw backed out and obstructed the bell-crank.
Thats the hobby - hopefully the next or so will be great again,
Jeff

[hjscm]

well i feel for you. ion went down cause of stripped main gear. put it together and second flight went down again. the collar that holds the main shaft broke. never had that happen on me before ohwell what you going to do.
chris

[Bonsai]

chris: in the last year I have broken about 10 of those collars... they are very weak and thin at the screw and slot joint... I now push and pull on the rotor head very hard befor each flight cuz of them. I guess I just try to make them to tight...
Dean

[hjscm]

i will definetly do that now.
thanks

[BobbySmith]

Hey i run double collars on the bottom bearing i lucked out one day was fixing to fly and the main shaft moved :shock: so from now on i have 3 collars on

Bobby

[Bonsai]

Well the bad luck is not over..stripped 3 crown gears in 3 days....no the shaft is not moving and I have done every alignment and shim just as I have always done..down to my last crown gear ...... hope I figure it out tonight... :arggg: :arggg: :arggg: