paulocbx
Heliman
Location: peterlee,durham - uk
| The first full day I have had free in ages. . . . . . . . .
Batteries all charged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The weather is virtually perfect . . . . . . . . . . . .
Just as I get in the van to go to the site, the postman pulls in front of me with the new TT620 blades for my new Titan (done 4 flights with 600`s).
Bliss
First out of the back of the van comes the Raptor 60 with new-ish OS91. Ten minutes of rich running empties the tank - land, switch off receiver - switch off tranny.
Get Titan out of van and eagerly fit new TT main and new NHP carbon tail blades.
Fuel up the Titan, switch tranny on, switch receiver on, check throttle on zero - fire up - tick over beautiful.
Carry to take off point, spool-up and notice its starting to pitch forward slightly, correct with back elevator, more pitching, more stick - yes you guessed it! Titan nose dives into solid concrete and demolishes new blades after TEN seconds. It`s lying on its side now ticking over after quickly downing the throttle.
Pinch fuel line and pick heli up. Blades are history but no other damage.
Lots of head scratching - until I look at the screen of my Futaba 9ZHP which says current model is RAPTOR 60!!!!!!!!
I`ve heard of dumb thumbs, but this was dumb brain.
RE-FIT 600 blades and carry on without a care in the world until wife spots me putting blades in the bin on my return - +@%&*$£?|+@~{}
We will chalk this one down to experience, not to be repeated in the future - hopefully. |
