It had to happen......

[g-bru]

So I crashed my beautiful X5 good and proper! Been reluctant to post this as it has depressed me considerably.

Got cocky and put the bird into a low loop and had complete and utter brain fade! She was upside down and headed straight for me, like a total noob I gave it full positive instead of negative and the X5 hit the deck. Completely obliterated the main blades.

For those of you that had concern regarding the strength of the CF frame, well you need not worry, it held up real good. Not a single crack or mark.
Fortunately for me I installed the new battery fence pre crash, that thing is worth it's weight in gold, as it saved the motor when one of the battery straps broke on impact.

Crash damage, lots!!!!! £325.00

Canopy and main blades being the most expensive then swash and blade grips coming in at a close third and fourth, boom, torque tube, main gear, tail blades, skids, landing brace, canopy posts, boom supports etc etc etc........(no damage to electronics)

Oh well at least I can rebuild and fit the new FES head and BeastX.

Just waiting for all the parts to arrive. Damn it sucks to be me!

G





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[Dr Daniel]

Sorry to hear that, hope you will have it up in the air soon.

[mjbrands]

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. Get back in to the saddle and try again. Though I must admit, 325 quid in damages sure hurts.

[what-d-heli]

Ouch, Sorry to hear that. Hope you get it flying soon again. The "hurting" part is the money for the repair and going through with all the set-up and everything. Looks like almost a complete rebuild. Keep us posted with your new project.

Nice to know that the frame can handle a crash and the battery fence is a must have in the X5. I need to order one.

BTW. How many flights with your X5 before this crash?

- Joel

[P.I.Engineer]

what's the battery fence? where do you get it?

[g-bru]

Joel, only 7 flights bud, was really enjoying it, making huge amounts of progress, until this mishap.

I think empire hobby have the battery fence in stock, got mine from infinity hobby though, as I already have an account with them.

G


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[torana74]

G, bud, really sorry to hear mate Sounds like she went in hard.
I know it's hard not to, but please try to not let it take the wind out the sales too much.
You were making great progress and speedhumps like this can make us take a few steps back and pull the fire so to speak.

On the upside,, hey atleast you were trying things. I know alot that have been flying for years and won't even think about anything but hovering.

There will be more oops moments(gravity is a pain) but there will be many more "yes" moments. Hope you get her up in the air soon.

Vas

[g-bru]

Thanks fellas, it takes alot to keep me down! ; )

Already working the sim, doing inverted circuits, flying inverted is the same stick inputs as backward flight, so not really that difficult once you get your pip around it. ; p

G


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[what-d-heli]

Originally Posted by g-bru

Joel, only 7 flights bud, was really enjoying it, making huge amounts of progress, until this mishap.

I think empire hobby have the battery fence in stock, got mine from infinity hobby though, as I already have an account with them.

G


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Originally Posted by torana74

G, bud, really sorry to hear mate Sounds like she went in hard.
I know it's hard not to, but please try to not let it take the wind out the sales too much.
You were making great progress and speedhumps like this can make us take a few steps back and pull the fire so to speak.

On the upside,, hey atleast you were trying things. I know alot that have been flying for years and won't even think about anything but hovering.

There will be more oops moments(gravity is a pain) but there will be many more "yes" moments. Hope you get her up in the air soon.

Vas

That is my biggest problem. I am SCARED doing "new" stuff on my X5 and T-Rex 500. They are flying so nicely without any problems that I don't want to ruin their set-up. I hope I will have the guts to do new stuff someday. Just flying around gets boring sometimes.

On the other hand, my T-Rex 450 Pro is my "beater" heli where I do stuff. I can't remember how many times I plunged that mini to the ground . My last one was trying my first inverted, brain fart! lol.

Just build and fly again G. And as Vas mentioned...it will be a YES moment .

- Joel

[torana74]

Joel, totally agree on the having a beater heli but for me it's worked opposite. My beater has been the most reliable,most unstacked heli ever.. My nice ,baby, precious 12S has gone in more time than i care to remember. Not sure if it's a mindset thing were you end up caring too much and therefore not fly as relaxed as with the beater.

Now i just resign myself to the... it's going in theory. I hope it doesn't but know at some point the laws of nature will win. Aslong as we pick ourselves up and get back on the bike... yes with a few scars to reminds us

Main thing is don't rush and do things when YOU are ready, be that today, tomorrow, next month, next year etc. It doesn't matter as everyone's pace is different. That's why each step always feels so great.

Vas