sm.hilton
Heliman
Location: Derby, UK
| To start with i woke up late
Then I had to to do a 300 mile return journey to see a customer and on way back I ran out of fuel!! Gauge showing 1/4 but tank empty, walked 2 miles to garage and bought a gallon, put it in van and tried to bleed fuel system (diesel), battery went flat before i finished. Sat and waited for 2 hours by side of road for the repair guy to come as someone told him wrong address. He eventually came and got me started so off i went and got back home after 10 hours on road.
I will get to the heli crash in a min..keep reading...
At the weekend i had spent 5 hours installing a revlock 10 on my hawk and thought i would go and chill out after the crap day i have had and do a bit of gentle flying and hovering. The heli was flying great so i turned up the headspeed and started to do some inverted hovering. Then it all went wrong, my thumbs stalled at 10ft and the heli crashed to the ground blades first did a big 12ft jump to the right and then came down heavy on the nose, it then as if in slow motion fell tail first into the pond i had crashed next to and slowly sank out of sight!!
I ran over jumped in and fished it out, shook the water off it and threw it in the back of the van laughing to myself as i took my wet boots and socks off thinking this can not get any worse....
Just finished stripping it, it did get worse, damage so far...
FUBAR parts-
Pair of Carbon blades (2 flights old) destroyed
Blade grip broken
Main shaft and feathering shaft bent
Flybar bent and one paddle missing, infact most of the head is trashed
Link rods missing or bent
Most of the gears damaged
Tail boom and torque tube bent
Canopy smashed
1 month old Hatori pipe dented and bent
OS37 (2 months old) damaged the casing were muffler fits, may be ok.
Lower side frames bent
Upper side frame smashed
Starter rod bent
Servo tray destroyed
DX7 receiver smashed
Battery pack ripped apart
Landing gear smashed
Fuel tank cracked
1 servo case smashed and the other 3 have lugs broken off and water leaking out!
All servo arms broken (oh apart from one!)
Parts still under investigation and currently sitting on heater -
GY401 Gyro - Slightly damp
S9254 Tail Servo - damp
Revlock 10 - again slightly damp
Voltwatch - dried but not tried
OS37 - will try and run at weekend...
2 Boots and a pair of socks - still drying.
Before i start to play with my new Hirobo Sceadu evo 30 can someone tell me, is this usual for this much damage on a heli for such a low altitude crash? I know i was upside down and i know i ended up in a lake but there is nothing left.... nothing!!! Will the Sceadu cope any better with an impact like this than the Hawk Pro?
I don't know if my bank manager can keep me in heli parts at the rate I am going.
Please someone tell me I am not on my own to make me feel better! |
During my time of flying, I had many bad days but also, many good days.
