Took the training gear off today...

[walter23]

And had perfectly good landings!

It's pretty easy to almost tip over on landing though if you're not careful to be pretty steady in flight and with the cyclic. Got pretty close a couple of times, mainly because I was compensating for slight wind and after landing the extra cyclic would pull forward a bit.

Anybody else recently share this elation? It's pretty cool.

[walter23]

Haha.

Suddenly you think you have a handle on things and you try something stupid and almost fly into your head and smash your heli down on the pavement hard!

This was my worst crash yet, but strangely the only thing I broke was a skid and the blades (assuming I didn't bend the main or feathering shafts).

[Daz(DJLFlapper)]

If the blades are broke, You can almost gaurantee the feathering shaft and flybar are bent. It may also be worth rotating the main gear and watch the main mast at the top to see if it has also bent.

Sorry to hear about the bad landing/crash. Never let the heli get close to you thats the Key get used to it being at least 4mtrs away at all times.

glad you were not hurt. Well done on the promotion to no training gear.

[walter23]

Originally Posted by Daz(DJLFlapper)

If the blades are broke, You can almost gaurantee the feathering shaft and flybar are bent. It may also be worth rotating the main gear and watch the main mast at the top to see if it has also bent.

Actually the flybar seems alright (it's weathered two big crashes so far, by some strange twist of chance). I did replace the main shaft and the feathering shaft though as they were both bent.

Sorry to hear about the bad landing/crash. Never let the heli get close to you thats the Key get used to it being at least 4mtrs away at all times.

Yeah, I have got to learn discipline. Almost every time I break something it's because I've done something stupid - tried something beyond my capabilities, or without thinking it through very carefully. Today I was in my building's loading dock area just practicing hovering and landing on a small cardboard box. I just suddenly got the urge to try a circuit, and that's when everything fell apart.

As for not flying too close to myself - it's very hard with a heli this small. It seems pretty harmless until it's suddenly diving into me at full clip. Actually I made the situation much worse by panicking and doing left-stick down instead of right-stick down to try to pull out. Obviously cutting the throttle just made it dive into me even faster, until I realized my mistake and pulled back, then went madly out of control and into the ground.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. I think I've seriously learned my lesson, and fortunately not via a sudden face-lift.


Problem is, you have to learn to balance pushing it just a little bit so you can learn, with keeping your skin and your wallet safe.

[Nidrah]

Congrats on learning the Nid way ..... LOL

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one .... LOL .... Shared elation? You betcha bub! Be careful outside, I too have come close to loosing my head, wife, dog, and pride. All due to wind and my lack of skill/knowledge on how to deal with it.
The more I mess with it the better I've become. But still a long way off. Best part is I'm using less and less parts as time goes on. Less repairs and setup times means more 'flight' time!

[wannabe heliguy]

hello

when i got my heli it came with training gear
but after i think the 2nd or 3rd day i got too fed up without even comng close to getting off the ground

off they came
no money has been spent on parts yet
although im flying with :

cracked main blade
i think a bent main shaft
and a cracked tail boom

need to go see the hobby guy?? yes i already know
but she still flys in my control

still love my helicopter

cheers-Jason