How often do you crash your Gaui 200?

[psindrup]

I know this question has been asked in the general forum, but the answers very quite a lot depending on heli and - of course - experience.

I had 95 flights on my very first heli - my T-rex 500 - before my first crash, but on my Gaui 200 the picture looks very different.

It seems as if I "crash" - main blades touching anything other than air - every 5-8 flights, but crash damage is always very small and inexpensive.

I have only managed to break the spindle/shaft once (on my very first crash - kept me grounded for more than a week), ripped the (too short) screws out of the mixer arms, broke one set of woodies and then the infamous main blade grip bolts that bends each and every time.

Peter

[Gr4yb3ard]

Hmm,

I think this would mirror my experience.
I'm a lot more careful now than in my CP-Pro days, in fact I have yet to go inverted in the "Wolverine".
I tend to crash my Blade 400 more often, and drastically, as it's entire purpose is to be an expendable training tool.
But yes, about every ten flights, I have these little "incidents" ;-)

Gr4yb3ard

[SurfCity]

Same here with the frequency of little "incidents." Since this is my only heli, the question is, why are these (apparently) more common with the 200 than with others?

[Jetleaf]

I suppose I have a "learning opportunity" every 5 ot 10 attempts at controlled flight.

[Buzzkill]

I've been luck lately. One out of 30-40 flights. I think it's the low alttitude that get's me.It's just too easy to fly 2-3 feet off the ground.

[SeeDee]

Being a newbie and still learning to fly nose in (dont get to fly my 450 very much). Now you guys have me worried about having to pimp out the dog for parts!

[crabfu]

I'm more with buzz... but I fly around the backyard 90% of the time without pushing my limits. When I try and do inverted stuff, I think it's more like a crash every 3 flights. I'd say 50% of my crashes are caused by some sort of mechanical failure, most are minor fixes. Again it's only because I enjoy just flying around the backyard doing only what I am comfy with :)

-Crabfu

[jujiro]

Same here with the frequency of little "incidents." Since this is my only heli, the question is, why are these (apparently) more common with the 200 than with others?


I guess because the bigger helis are just a lot more stable. Not to mention the gaui 200 can get up to speed very quickly in comparison to larger heli's. My 200 has a lot of shelf time right now while I perfect everything with My larger heli since I feel you really need to be ready for anything with the 200, which imo makes it harder to train with imo . :shock:

[JeromeF]

I've crashed mine quite a bit - but I must admit allot was due to bad setup ( I was dying to get it in the air ).

I crashed my T-Rex 500 last week :( Bigest crash ever! Snapped both sides to the frame, CF boom, Blades etc etc

[hammerfall77]

Hi

the small Hurricane definately gets more beaten up than my larger helis...

why? because I risk a lot more and I use the EP 200 to train new stuff (right now backward and inverted backward flying)

With it's light weight and small rotating mass, there is only minor damage with repair costs as low as 10 to 20 bucks most of the time.

My only Problem so far are the weak see-saw mixing arms. Is Gaui working on improved parts and when will they be available??

Osprey

[SurfCity]

My only Problem so far are the weak see-saw mixing arms. Is Gaui working on improved parts and when will they be available??

Flying Hobby has de-blinged plastic parts (http://flying-hobby.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=3_5_8&osCsid=n858ir91pdtf708vbm4p65ffi1) right now. The entire seesaw set is only $5.90, as is the washout base. I'm thinking about stocking up on plastic while I'm still in training mode, which at my current pace will be awhile.

[psindrup]

My only Problem so far are the weak see-saw mixing arms. Is Gaui working on improved parts and when will they be available??


You can do some about the fragile mixer arms yourself.

If you look carefully you will see that the "stock" screws are just barely long enough. If you buy a "screw bag" and use these screws in your mixer arms, they seem to hold up a little better.

There is another thread here in this sub-forum about exactly that problem.

Peter

[small.planes]

once I get some Ti I'll be doing something about the weak Seesaws. :thumbup:
I might knock out some thicker / stronger Alloy ones before then, Ill have a poke about and see what Ive got in.

Dave