Hi, it was the long ball which is on the swash plate which controls the pitch. It fell out. The machine is a Century Raven with CCPM.
I could except a wreck if I was a newbie or trying 3D but not in simple flight.
I want
ALL of you to
loctite all the ball ends! Tight doesn't cut it! I don't want anyone to suffer a catistrophic melfuction!!!!!!!!!
This type of incident has really got me soul searching my dream of Aerial Photography! Just think what if it went down with the $1100.00 camera?
When seeing the pictures and video's from
http://www.airfoilskycam.com/
it is so intreguing but behind the scene's how many major mishaps happen which included their camera's which are $10,000 +
I love flying helicopter!! Planes are real boaring! They fly themselves, you need lots of space, breaking a prop is virtually non existant.
Jim