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Post by pauliepilot on Sept 23, 2011 10:49:20 GMT 1
So after 2hrs of flying time on my blade i managed to fly side on from the left side of the field to the right then bk 3lipos later n feeling good...4th lipo up n away 60seconds later flying nose in to the right...disorentated..dumbthumb moment...then bounce smash crash oh nutse....  Damage was feathering shaft bent,main shaft bent,blades,canopy smashed,tail surport broken.... So went to my lhs n spent £40 bought some carbon blades too :-) To my surprise it was easy to fix....and is now ready for a safer flight :-) I must say i dont like the red canopy!!  |
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Post by john66 on Sept 23, 2011 15:45:17 GMT 1
Wow, that took a good hammering! Sorry to see that Paul!  Glad you got it all back up n running for a reasonable price!  John |
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Post by flydiver on Sept 23, 2011 16:04:07 GMT 1
Those poor things just beat themselves to death when they go down. No gluing and taping, just go buy new parts.
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Post by pauliepilot on Sept 23, 2011 16:27:54 GMT 1
Thanks john...and yeah new parts fly the parts i bent only come to £14 but carbon blades were £15+canopy £12 so wasnt to bad just all adds up tho eh :-)
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Post by flydiver on Sept 23, 2011 17:07:59 GMT 1
Why go carbon during the learning stage? Breakage, which somehow seems probable, is more expensive. At this stage can tell the difference anyway?
We had a couple guys at our field that would drag down a whole pile of heli stuff and a car battery charging station when they were learning. When they left the field was littered with broken heli blades, which they should have picked up. One guy was in trouble with his wife because he kept dipping into their savings fund for heli parts and batteries.
Not for the cheap at heart.
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Post by pauliepilot on Sept 23, 2011 17:59:06 GMT 1
No not cheep like planes...smash n glue"i got quite good at glueing planes back together lol"
No such luck with helis got to be new..as for the carbon blades i was going to get the wooden one's but my mate that works there said i'll do u the carbon blades for £15 ment to be £26....the wooden blades are £12 so for the extra £3 i had carbon blades :-)
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Post by hawkeye20 on Sept 23, 2011 18:46:16 GMT 1
OUCH I feel your pain that's happened to me a few times with my belt cp v2
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Post by flydiver on Sept 23, 2011 18:59:34 GMT 1
Ah, good deal then. I thought the price would be much higher. Carbon prop blades are 2-4x 'plastic'. They only get used in special applications like my Funjet.
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Post by pauliepilot on Sept 23, 2011 19:13:06 GMT 1
:-) just had a quick hover in the garden n it seems to be fine!
I'll try take it to the field n see tomorrow...miss my jet tho :-(
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