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praetorious · 04-23-2011, 05:39 PM

Today I crashed. It was terrible, bad, it was terribad.

I was throwing my Mars around over me and my neighbour's backyards, doing some stationary flips and rolls, nothing spectacular. On my last roll, I have no idea what happened, the bird just piro'd out of control and slammed into one of the new houses that they're building.

I have to walk to the other street, walk of shame, head down, to go pick up the pieces. Open the gate and go into the backyard, my transmitter timer sounds. And there she was, lying on the ground, canopy off, blades missing, flybar distended into a pretzel. I find one Radix still bolted to the grip nearby, and the other just beyond a fence, similarly attached to the grip, a piece of feathering shaft jutting from it. The head seems fine, but the dampers are missing.

I took the bird back and checked it over. The frames are perfectly intact, one of the landing gear bases has snapped, the stabilliser is broken, one of the screws for the tail case is backed off and bent. The tail blades have split and the pitch arms are broken, as well as the slider. The main gear is stripped in a few spots.

As I go over the electronics I find the culprit, the tail servo plug came out of the gyros female end. I check the servos, aileron and elevator are fine, but the pitch servo is stripped.

This blows, I had just finished setting up the governor on my Ice 50 and everything was running so smoothly. Ah well, I will just give it a rest for the weekend and start the rebuild later in the week.

mulicheng · 04-23-2011, 07:28 PM

damage to the house?

praetorious · 04-23-2011, 08:41 PM

Forget the house, my heli! Houses here are all made of concrete, so no, no damage to the house.

mulicheng · 04-24-2011, 10:00 AM

LOL, around here I avoid flying my 550 in the park by my house even though there is plenty of room. There is always that little chance that something goes wrong and it goes flying into who knows what I guess. Unnerves me too much.

Rupi · 04-24-2011, 10:07 AM

That one hurts all the way to Norway

praetorious! 3d SUCKS BIG TIME! Even 3d light!

<3My480Pro · 04-24-2011, 02:11 PM

damn brother that sucks. took any pictures of the crash?

praetorious · 04-24-2011, 02:53 PM

I'll take some pictures later this week. Everything is exactly as I found it, mud and wreckage and all. Thanks for the solidarity Rupi, I think ill just have to save the tricks for the sim.

Man, I am so upset, I finally got this bird flying the way I want, and this. Ah well, I'm sure you guys will enjoy the pics.

praetorious · 04-29-2011, 06:43 AM

Just a few more pics, feathering and tail damage:

<3My480Pro · 04-29-2011, 02:44 PM

damn bro i feel ur pain... literally... damage my bird doing invert when the battery connection got loose yesterday.

Rupi · 05-03-2011, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by <3My480Pro

damn bro i feel ur pain... literally... damage my bird doing invert when the battery connection got loose yesterday.

Inverted SUCKS....big time!

04-23-2011, 05:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
praetorious Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2010	Terri-bad Crash Today I crashed. It was terrible, bad, it was terribad. I was throwing my Mars around over me and my neighbour's backyards, doing some stationary flips and rolls, nothing spectacular. On my last roll, I have no idea what happened, the bird just piro'd out of control and slammed into one of the new houses that they're building. I have to walk to the other street, walk of shame, head down, to go pick up the pieces. Open the gate and go into the backyard, my transmitter timer sounds. And there she was, lying on the ground, canopy off, blades missing, flybar distended into a pretzel. I find one Radix still bolted to the grip nearby, and the other just beyond a fence, similarly attached to the grip, a piece of feathering shaft jutting from it. The head seems fine, but the dampers are missing. I took the bird back and checked it over. The frames are perfectly intact, one of the landing gear bases has snapped, the stabilliser is broken, one of the screws for the tail case is backed off and bent. The tail blades have split and the pitch arms are broken, as well as the slider. The main gear is stripped in a few spots. As I go over the electronics I find the culprit, the tail servo plug came out of the gyros female end. I check the servos, aileron and elevator are fine, but the pitch servo is stripped. This blows, I had just finished setting up the governor on my Ice 50 and everything was running so smoothly. Ah well, I will just give it a rest for the weekend and start the rebuild later in the week. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Kiss the Sky __________________ Empty Stable DX7 Last edited by praetorious; 04-29-2011 at 06:39 AM.. Reason: Added pictures

04-23-2011, 07:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
mulicheng Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2009	damage to the house? __________________ Trex 550e FBL BeastX, Trex 450 se v2, Blade mCPx And lots of those funny things with wings and a prop on the front instead of the top.

04-23-2011, 08:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
praetorious Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2010	Forget the house, my heli! Houses here are all made of concrete, so no, no damage to the house. __________________ Kiss the Sky __________________ Empty Stable DX7

04-24-2011, 10:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
mulicheng Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2009	LOL, around here I avoid flying my 550 in the park by my house even though there is plenty of room. There is always that little chance that something goes wrong and it goes flying into who knows what I guess. Unnerves me too much. __________________ Trex 550e FBL BeastX, Trex 450 se v2, Blade mCPx And lots of those funny things with wings and a prop on the front instead of the top.

04-24-2011, 02:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
praetorious Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2010	I'll take some pictures later this week. Everything is exactly as I found it, mud and wreckage and all. Thanks for the solidarity Rupi, I think ill just have to save the tricks for the sim. Man, I am so upset, I finally got this bird flying the way I want, and this. Ah well, I'm sure you guys will enjoy the pics. __________________ Kiss the Sky __________________ Empty Stable DX7

04-24-2011, 10:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Rupi Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2008	That one hurts all the way to Norway praetorious! 3d SUCKS BIG TIME! Even 3d light!

04-24-2011, 02:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
<3My480Pro Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2011	damn brother that sucks. took any pictures of the crash?

04-29-2011, 06:43 AM	#8 (permalink)
praetorious Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2010	Just a few more pics, feathering and tail damage: Attached Thumbnails __________________ Kiss the Sky __________________ Empty Stable DX7

04-29-2011, 02:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
<3My480Pro Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2011	damn bro i feel ur pain... literally... damage my bird doing invert when the battery connection got loose yesterday.

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