OUCH! how much was your worst crash?

All Thumbs · 05-23-2010, 09:44 PM

Awhile back I think Sylvester had a thread on lowest crash costs.. Wrecked my Trex 600np OUCH!! Cracked case on motor destroyed muffler, main blades,both sides of frame, t tube, t tube gears, main gears, main shaft , landing gear,...Total around 600.00 ( ok part of it was, as long as it's broke 50 turned into 55.. don't tell my wife!!) Can it get worse that this??

Altec · 05-23-2010, 09:47 PM

Last time I crashed (that bad) I just bought a new kit and used the crashed one for parts. Sometimes it's not worth the re-build.

HeLiJerSey · 05-23-2010, 09:47 PM

sorry to hear that! good luck!

All Thumbs · 05-23-2010, 10:08 PM

New kit is 700.00 without motor.Just hope I don't get many more like this!!!

No_Gassers_Here · 05-23-2010, 10:17 PM

I railed a 450 so hard I had to buy a new one and a new RX. it was really really bad. so about $600 but thankfully that is a thing of the past. sorry to here about the 600NP. you sould get the 700 now that you are at $600+ whats a few more and the wife will be none the wiser. " honey I was flying the old stuff of coarse the new stuff looks bigger it's Shiny" got be by one time then the fix was in and I was no longer able to biuld without adult supervision( wife watching). lol

HeLiJerSey · 05-23-2010, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by All Thumbs

New kit is 700.00 without motor.Just hope I don't get many more like this!!!

I am confused.

I believe the heli he crashed was a 600np.

No_Gassers_Here · 05-23-2010, 10:32 PM

yep and it could grow to be a 700. get it now?

choky · 05-25-2010, 12:55 AM

totally destroyed

at the end hear the heli moo like a cow

YouTube

flycamone · 05-25-2010, 01:50 AM

I started with a couple blade cp pros a few years ago and crashed the hollly hell out of them...... Gave up for a year and started over with a blade 400 and no cashes ever since........ Yea I gotta start pushing the envelope a little farther this summer..... Crashes are an opportunity for upgrades

DarkTherapy · 05-25-2010, 01:57 AM

I had a crash with my Trex600, it wasn't a very expensive crash but i snapped the screw mounts off a brand new BLS251 servo, and at that time Futaba had not yet released the replacement cases for it so i had to spend a whole £100 on a new servo just because of a broken servo case PITA!

R.Lim · 05-25-2010, 02:09 AM

The worst thing happened to me was not a crash, actually, my crashes were of minor cost. But the worst and biggest bad luck I ever had was losing my hely due to the frog and lost orientation. The heli was Logo 400 fbl complete with kontronik drive and hc rigid.

Volcano · 05-25-2010, 03:16 AM

A frog got your heli? Damn this hobby is dangerous

. I havent damaged much, my worst was probably on my cx2 with the body pieces breaking, the landing gear gone, flybar, gears, main shaft,and blades. Thats like a 50 dollar crash on a pos heli where all those parts are built to break. So I taped up the body, superglued the landing gear, and got the rest off ebay as a stripped heli minus electrics for 20 bux- im cheap if at all possible.

R.Lim · 05-25-2010, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sv flyer

A frog got your heli? Damn this hobby is dangerous

. I havent damaged much, my worst was probably on my cx2 with the body pieces breaking, the landing gear gone, flybar, gears, main shaft,and blades. Thats like a 50 dollar crash on a pos heli where all those parts are built to break. So I taped up the body, superglued the landing gear, and got the rest off ebay as a stripped heli minus electrics for 20 bux- im cheap if at all possible.

I meant fog,

the wether was that day very misty

05-23-2010, 09:44 PM	#1
All Thumbs Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: SLC Utah	OUCH! how much was your worst crash? Awhile back I think Sylvester had a thread on lowest crash costs.. Wrecked my Trex 600np OUCH!! Cracked case on motor destroyed muffler, main blades,both sides of frame, t tube, t tube gears, main gears, main shaft , landing gear,...Total around 600.00 ( ok part of it was, as long as it's broke 50 turned into 55.. don't tell my wife!!) Can it get worse that this??

05-23-2010, 09:47 PM	#2
Altec Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Jersey	Last time I crashed (that bad) I just bought a new kit and used the crashed one for parts. Sometimes it's not worth the re-build. __________________ -you can't FIX stupid- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. AMA# 935732

05-23-2010, 10:17 PM	#5
No_Gassers_Here Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Suisun,Ca.	I railed a 450 so hard I had to buy a new one and a new RX. it was really really bad. so about $600 but thankfully that is a thing of the past. sorry to here about the 600NP. you sould get the 700 now that you are at $600+ whats a few more and the wife will be none the wiser. " honey I was flying the old stuff of coarse the new stuff looks bigger it's Shiny" got be by one time then the fix was in and I was no longer able to biuld without adult supervision( wife watching). lol __________________ The ground is only one dumb thumb away!!! Trex 600CF Silver,401/9253,60XL/75amp,all the metal bling bling 250v1 410's(5065mg's when I get a minute),750g,5084mg, hyperion battery( currently my favorite heli) 450SE V2 NUE 1107/2/H/2.3, CC45apm esc,770 3D/3400g,65mg,V_Blades,4s 21ooma Hyperions

05-23-2010, 10:32 PM	#7
No_Gassers_Here Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Suisun,Ca.	yep and it could grow to be a 700. get it now? __________________ The ground is only one dumb thumb away!!! Trex 600CF Silver,401/9253,60XL/75amp,all the metal bling bling 250v1 410's(5065mg's when I get a minute),750g,5084mg, hyperion battery( currently my favorite heli) 450SE V2 NUE 1107/2/H/2.3, CC45apm esc,770 3D/3400g,65mg,V_Blades,4s 21ooma Hyperions

05-25-2010, 01:50 AM	#9
flycamone Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Maple Valley, Wa	I started with a couple blade cp pros a few years ago and crashed the hollly hell out of them...... Gave up for a year and started over with a blade 400 and no cashes ever since........ Yea I gotta start pushing the envelope a little farther this summer..... Crashes are an opportunity for upgrades __________________ AMA#878454 Trex 600, Sceado 50,beam E-4, Furion 450, mcx, msr, JR Vibe 500e Jr 9503 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-23-2010, 09:47 PM	#3
HeLiJerSey Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bergen County, NJ	sorry to hear that! good luck!

05-23-2010, 10:08 PM	#4
All Thumbs Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: SLC Utah	New kit is 700.00 without motor.Just hope I don't get many more like this!!!

05-25-2010, 01:57 AM	#10
DarkTherapy Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK	I had a crash with my Trex600, it wasn't a very expensive crash but i snapped the screw mounts off a brand new BLS251 servo, and at that time Futaba had not yet released the replacement cases for it so i had to spend a whole £100 on a new servo just because of a broken servo case PITA! Last edited by DarkTherapy; 05-25-2010 at 01:59 AM.. Reason: typo

05-25-2010, 02:09 AM	#11
R.Lim Registered Users Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Breda , The Netherlands	The worst thing happened to me was not a crash, actually, my crashes were of minor cost. But the worst and biggest bad luck I ever had was losing my hely due to the frog and lost orientation. The heli was Logo 400 fbl complete with kontronik drive and hc rigid.

05-25-2010, 03:16 AM	#12
Volcano Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: chicago	A frog got your heli? Damn this hobby is dangerous. I havent damaged much, my worst was probably on my cx2 with the body pieces breaking, the landing gear gone, flybar, gears, main shaft,and blades. Thats like a 50 dollar crash on a pos heli where all those parts are built to break. So I taped up the body, superglued the landing gear, and got the rest off ebay as a stripped heli minus electrics for 20 bux- im cheap if at all possible.

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