First Crash!

Well i've had lots of little mishaps (including chewing the blade edges when the upper and lower blades flopped into each other's path!) during testing & tweaking, but this was my first proper crash.

I was losing control and the heli was flying backwards too fast. I dropped the throttle a bit much, and while i protected the blades (this time!), i managed to snap the front wheel of the under carriage. Very hard landing.

That was in the office, later on when i got home, i took the heli out the back to fly off the grass, but i managed to collide with the neighbour's fence and shred a few blades.

Total Damage

• 5 x Blades


• 1 x Front Wheel for the undercarriage

It would be good if it stopped there, but it doesn't! I decided to try to glue that broken wheel back on. While i couldn't get the wheel to stick, i did manage to glue the stump from the top of the broken wheel / leg into the post to which it locates.

The result was an unusable front post -- i can't plug a new front wheel into this heli now. Ok no problem. I have made a temporary fix for now while i wait for new under carriage (order placed with Ed tonight) and a new mounting post.

A £5 fix becomes £15 fix, but i learned my lesson: order spares before flying for less downtime! :-) Seriously, don't make half baked repair attempts. Think it through!

Tomorrow i visit a local model shop with it for some guidance on installing a switch for the battery. Hopefully No more awkward power-on for me!