Remind Not to try something new in the wind

[lperagallo]

We had a great day at the flying field and things were sweeeeet. Great company, good flying and reasonable weather with the exception of the wind and heat. The turbine was flying great. (see post of video in turbine forum). The gasser was also flying great. So much so that I decided to start doing stationary flips, tail down. I've down a few the last couple of days up in the stratosphere.

Today I decided that with all that wind I'd probably have an easier time. Wrong:bawl That wind screwed me up and before you could say Oh SH t, it was coming at me with avengence. Then I dumb thumbed it as it was coming right at me and I put it in the ground nose first. :arggg:

Not that bad. One landing skid support, blades, tail boom, head axle, flybar, maybe main shaft, blade grip arm an mixing arms. I've got everything except a flybar. My mistake for not ordering them when I was at Bergen, so I'll have to wait a couple of days to be back in the air.

Morale of story.....stay high and don't mess with the wind.

Lou

[dc]

Amen brother, amen.

DC

[rbort]

Next time show the wind you're man enough to beat it into submission with your blades! When I was down in Tampa I flew in 30+mph winds 15 flights in 2 days when everyone else was chicken shit to go up. Really, the wind shouldn't ever cause a crash. It may make flying non-enjoyable, but with a heli its a non-issue. Much more of a factor with planks.

Sorry to hear about the crash, next time I'd say stay high until you're confident.

-=>Raja.

[SeaHawk]

I normally don't try to do jobs in high wind, but about a week ago, I had to drive to two jobs about 1.5 hours away. It was a beautiful, sunny day and I was determined to do the job. Got to the site and took off. Holy crap. 30 mph gusts (according to the weather man). My rig is about 21-22 pounds and was still a handful. Wind really cocks the camera rig over. Once in the air, you can handle it. But, you really need to give yourself room when coming over trees and powerlines as the power input needed for alterations is much greater. I'd been using the eye monocal but on this day my hands were full flying so I went back to shooting blind. Landing is probably the most difficult thing in 30 mph winds. After the first couple of flights, I found the solution was to take off and land next to a buidling, or anything that blocks the wind. Windless day alot more fun.