Hi, (head down) I had a real close call yesterday! I flew 2 flight in the morning and decided late in the afternoon to get one more in at another field.
I don't even know what happened, it's still very fuzzy but I think I was in a 3 meter hover and practising backing up slowly towards myself. The car was to my behind right and there was a baseball backstop to the left.
Something happened and the Raven swooped down and attacked me
. I ducked out of the way and felt the wind blow over my head. Looking quickly I saw the copter heading towards the backstop. Jamming the stick to the left and giving power I managed to miss the backstop and got altitude.
Now I'm shaking like seeing a grizzly charging at me, I got it on the ground. It had fuel left so I hovered for the rest of the time (still shaking) Then the engine quit! I thought just my luck, almost got killed by it now the engine ceases... 20 seconds later I turned it over with the electric start and it starts! Without the ignitor! I quit for the day!!
Today I went again to get 2 flights in and it was blowing quite hard, nerves are fried! Started shaking again.
I was getting so comfortable with it until now. Still cannot figure out what happened to cause such a near fatal mishap. Chalk it up to a GRAY AREA!
Jim