Post by dunkonu23 on Jun 27, 2010 10:16:45 GMT -5
Not a good day for my Head Hunter/Gaui Hurricane 550. I have video I'll be posting as soon as I edit it. Basically, this is what happened...
I took off, got to around 40 feet up, tried to flip... it did it just fine, but just as I was transitioning from the zero pitch to positive pitch, both of the balls on the see saw that connect links to mixing arms pulled out from the see saw. I guess that turned the helicopter into a flybarles helicopter without an FCS. I was not ready for that at all. The helicopter went spiralling off to my left and I hit throttle hold immediately.
The helicopter crashed, burying and breaking off a blade about 8 inches into the ground, but the good news is this:
Broken blades, bent flybar, bent main shaft, broken skid and that appears to be it.
So, I have the CNC see saw that will go in when I repair the helicopter. So far the only thing I need is a main shaft.
One thing I'm learning about the higher head speed is this: Plastic parts break. The CNC head assembly I got when I first started the Head Hunter project, came with a plastic see saw, so I kept it in. Now, it's gone... the screws for the balls just pulled right out of the plastic. Not cool. The Head Hunter frames survived a VERY hard crash.
Other than that, the Mid America Fun Fly was a blast. I met Eric Brandenberg, Tony Whiteside, and CoronaL (he had a bad, bad day but was very nice considering) from Team Outrage. Eric spent a lot of time with me going over my helicopter and I'm happy to report that my building and setup skills haven't slid at all since last year. Both he and Tony flew my Outrage V50 and said it was perfect for me. Corona was there with a really cool temperature probe (that I have to get!). Tony gave me a handful of the new KBDD paddles and tail blades that are his design. Man, that was nice of him!!! Tony is an animal and I mean that in the best possible way!!! I can't wait until IRCHA to see these guys again!
Then as my wife and I were leaving, Steve from ExperienceRC comes up and invites my wife and I to dinner at a local Mexican place. My wife and I get there first (Steve, his wife Paige, Chris Walton, and Tony were finishing up packing up their mini store). It was great just sitting in an air conditioned car for a bit because after 2pm yesterday it got HOT. So Steve pulls up, next Chris, then Steve's wife, and Tony... Alan Szabo was with Chris, Jeff Georgic (RCBooya), Jim Stark (Futaba and XFC pilot), and lots of other well known helicopter folks attend. It was literally like a who's who of RC Helicopters. We really enjoyed ourselves at the dinner. Here I am a person who can barely survive a battery back or a tank of fuel rubbing shoulders with legends. Insane. But it was a blast. Everyone was so nice. Jim Stark and I talked a lot about the Total G, Mexico and other things. Very nice guy. Chris and I talked about Formula One and the RC Business in general. My wife and Paige talked about a lot of stuff. Turns out Paige is a year younger than my step daughter. So, she and my wife hit it off really well. Man... what a day. Steve, Chris, and Tony... if you read this... Thank you!!!
Scott
I took off, got to around 40 feet up, tried to flip... it did it just fine, but just as I was transitioning from the zero pitch to positive pitch, both of the balls on the see saw that connect links to mixing arms pulled out from the see saw. I guess that turned the helicopter into a flybarles helicopter without an FCS. I was not ready for that at all. The helicopter went spiralling off to my left and I hit throttle hold immediately.
The helicopter crashed, burying and breaking off a blade about 8 inches into the ground, but the good news is this:
Broken blades, bent flybar, bent main shaft, broken skid and that appears to be it.
So, I have the CNC see saw that will go in when I repair the helicopter. So far the only thing I need is a main shaft.
One thing I'm learning about the higher head speed is this: Plastic parts break. The CNC head assembly I got when I first started the Head Hunter project, came with a plastic see saw, so I kept it in. Now, it's gone... the screws for the balls just pulled right out of the plastic. Not cool. The Head Hunter frames survived a VERY hard crash.
Other than that, the Mid America Fun Fly was a blast. I met Eric Brandenberg, Tony Whiteside, and CoronaL (he had a bad, bad day but was very nice considering) from Team Outrage. Eric spent a lot of time with me going over my helicopter and I'm happy to report that my building and setup skills haven't slid at all since last year. Both he and Tony flew my Outrage V50 and said it was perfect for me. Corona was there with a really cool temperature probe (that I have to get!). Tony gave me a handful of the new KBDD paddles and tail blades that are his design. Man, that was nice of him!!! Tony is an animal and I mean that in the best possible way!!! I can't wait until IRCHA to see these guys again!
Then as my wife and I were leaving, Steve from ExperienceRC comes up and invites my wife and I to dinner at a local Mexican place. My wife and I get there first (Steve, his wife Paige, Chris Walton, and Tony were finishing up packing up their mini store). It was great just sitting in an air conditioned car for a bit because after 2pm yesterday it got HOT. So Steve pulls up, next Chris, then Steve's wife, and Tony... Alan Szabo was with Chris, Jeff Georgic (RCBooya), Jim Stark (Futaba and XFC pilot), and lots of other well known helicopter folks attend. It was literally like a who's who of RC Helicopters. We really enjoyed ourselves at the dinner. Here I am a person who can barely survive a battery back or a tank of fuel rubbing shoulders with legends. Insane. But it was a blast. Everyone was so nice. Jim Stark and I talked a lot about the Total G, Mexico and other things. Very nice guy. Chris and I talked about Formula One and the RC Business in general. My wife and Paige talked about a lot of stuff. Turns out Paige is a year younger than my step daughter. So, she and my wife hit it off really well. Man... what a day. Steve, Chris, and Tony... if you read this... Thank you!!!
Scott
