Heli-Log 6:5:2012

I managed to get a couple of flights before our club board meeting yesterday, on my Rave. I am really liking flying right side up backwards, a lot less cleaning to do! My boom and tail has very little oil residue. My Rave is running great…so far. Just need to look into a couple of things…rpm sensor, a small vibration issue, and I would like to transfer the Rave to the DX8 radio. However, the weather is nice again and the desire to run out and put in more flying after work is great! But I have several things I need to do...

Bob wound up crash landing his Blade 450 3D yesterday. A little black bug flew behind his sunglasses and started bouncing off his eye lid and his sunglasses! The Nat then flew into his eye and he panicked, landing his heli somewhat hard nose first. He bent the spindle shaft, stripped the main gear, bent the flybar, broke the landing gear, and cracked the main blades. Not all that bad considering what could have happened if he was higher.

I told him it was time to breakout his Trex 450se. However, when he turned the radio on, it started beeping. Turns out the battery voltage alarm was going off…8.3V…oops! And I didn’t bring my charging station which had a charge cable for his 9303 radio. Well, Ok then, were done for the day. We spent the rest of the day (couple of hours) enjoying the cooler weather and sun set. We also started discussing plans for IRCHA!