th3tick
07-22-2008, 01:45 PM
My beautifully-flying L500 went in this morning. A weird crash, which took out the head and bent the tail, but appears to have left most everything else intact. New kit on order already...
It was a really weird crash. I was doing a high banking left turn, and suddenly the tail spun about 170 degrees left, but it stayed pitched with the rotor top toward me. I got the tail under control, but couldn't level it out consistently - almost like I had no aileron authority, and I couldn't get the tail back where I wanted either.
I can't figure a mechanical failure which would account for both, and the damage so far appears to be all post-impact that I can see.
Given my other weird tail problem about a week ago, where in flight, it almost acted like the V-Bar reinitialized in flight and required holding rudder left to land it with no piro, but that one caused no crash.
Well, at least it was a "gentle" crash ;) Skids didn't even bust the nylon bolts...
John
It was a really weird crash. I was doing a high banking left turn, and suddenly the tail spun about 170 degrees left, but it stayed pitched with the rotor top toward me. I got the tail under control, but couldn't level it out consistently - almost like I had no aileron authority, and I couldn't get the tail back where I wanted either.
I can't figure a mechanical failure which would account for both, and the damage so far appears to be all post-impact that I can see.
Given my other weird tail problem about a week ago, where in flight, it almost acted like the V-Bar reinitialized in flight and required holding rudder left to land it with no piro, but that one caused no crash.
Well, at least it was a "gentle" crash ;) Skids didn't even bust the nylon bolts...
John