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Crashed? Discussion and Photos > Picture from IRCHA 2002

Christian

Senior Heliman - Location: Boston, MA -

This was sent to me by someone that is there. Coleopter's Fury, ouch!

08-17-2002 03:32 AM

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volare
Veteran
Location: Cincinnati Area

Man! How did it catch fire? I hope he will fly that other one tomorrow, I was looking forward to seeing him fly.

08-17-2002 03:51 AM

tailwhip
Senior Heliman
Location: Southern WI

Ouch!

Damn! sorry to see that.

08-17-2002 03:53 AM

DrScoles
Veteran
Location: Redmond WA

Looks like Augusto flies the Fury so hard ....it catches fire! I'm sure Augusto took it well, not everyday you get to be the talk of the entire funfly

08-17-2002 04:07 AM

Taipan
Key Veteran
Location: Sydney, Australia

Yikes!

Sorry to hear about that Augusto. Well, you're a pioneer in new maneuvers & now of fireballs!

Naming it the Fury was just asking for it, MA should've called it the Tsunami.

That's strange, looks like it's in a truck bed & caught fire right there, note the burnt floor. Maybe someone tossed a ciggy near fuel? Eh, it's all speculation.

08-17-2002 04:46 AM

Diego
Senior Heliman
Location: Oviedo or Cartagena, Spain

flybar paddles seem ok...

08-17-2002 05:02 AM

volare
Veteran
Location: Cincinnati Area

What in the heck happened? The photos are up now in Mark's collection but no description.

08-17-2002 05:09 AM

Mark Ryder
Administrator
Location: Encino, CA

It was getting dark and gravity won. This crash caught on fire.

Mark

08-17-2002 05:16 AM

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Wild Turkey
Senior Heliman
Location: Stewartsville, NJ

How the hell does a heli catch on fire?

Im not an engineer - so someone please explain how a heli can catch on fire - what would cause a spark?

Wild Turkey

08-17-2002 05:32 AM

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alvinrc
Veteran
Location: Mobile, AL, USA

Maybe like from a shorted out batt pack or wireing.

Had a little plank catch on fire one time when I was starting it.
That methanol burns kind of invisible till you see plastic start melting.

08-17-2002 05:41 AM

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Mark Ryder
Administrator
Location: Encino, CA

In one of the photos Augusto is pointing to the clutch bell that might have started the fire.

Mark

08-17-2002 05:43 AM

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CCoker
Senior Heliman
Location: Atlanta,GA

West coast smack down!!!!!!!!!!! and burn it was wild!!! did the funky chicken for a min and then started to burn!!! Wild!!! No one will top that one!! Hated to see it.

08-17-2002 06:36 AM

Son Heli
Heliman
Location: Arizona

I think I'm gonna cry

08-17-2002 06:42 AM

CA-RCFlyer
Heliman
Location: San Diego, California

Well I guess it's a good thing it wasn't his other fury with the canopy he borrowed from sdheli.

Fred

08-17-2002 07:29 AM

RappyTappy
Elite Veteran
Location: Las Vegas, NV

I don't think I'd mind seeing the flag canopy get trashed. No offense Adam.

Chris
Rex 500
Burning them electrons :D

Forever Brothers
Mickey Tylo

08-17-2002 07:43 AM

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Ken B
Elite Veteran
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Holy moly!

Yep I bet it was the clutch that caused the fire. I came real close to the same thing when I crashed my Fury a while back.

Those clutches can really get hot in a post crash burn out.

Ken B

08-17-2002 07:59 AM

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Tskrotorhead
Senior Heliman
Location: Washington

A picture is worth a thousand words but a video would have been the whole dictionary!!

Paul

08-17-2002 08:08 AM

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omurru
Veteran
Location: Australia

Ouch, thats gotta hurt.

How come I can't see a bigger version of the picture at the top as the link to the gallery?

08-17-2002 08:46 AM

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Taipan

Key Veteran - Location: Sydney, Australia -

G'day Kyle, sorry I haven't emailed you lately. You going to the Shepparton FF? I am & hope to see you there.

Looks like a frame from a vid, maybe Mark will post it sometime.

Did it crash into the tray of the golf buggy or what?

Maybe they just tossed it onboard not knowing the clutch was hot as hell & about to ignite the fuel.

I found a bigger one by accident;