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e-E-Flite Blade CP mCX CX 400-3D > LOST my Blade 400! HELP

Mavrik1
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

Hmm, then you would have a singing heli as you fly your circuits, the envy of all the other pilots.

The bottom line is having fun.

07-05-2008 12:36 AM

speeddemon370
Veteran
Location: Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada

GPS will also work fairly well for a grid search. If nothing else, grab 2 6ft poles and put a bright orange flag on em. Stick one in the ground, walk 40-50 yards, stick the other in the ground, walk towards the first flag. Try offset you're "return path" by a couple of feet. When you get back to the first flag, move it over 6 feet (or roughly one step and an arms reach) and repeat. Lengthly, tedious and time consuming yes but cheap and thorough as well.

with 2 ears and 1 mouth you should listen twice as much as you talk

07-05-2008 04:58 PM

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beeflyer2
Key Veteran
Location: Woodstock, GA - US

I feel for you! I've been through this with a blinged T-Rex 450SE complete with camera mount and Canon S60 digital camera. Never found it!

07-05-2008 05:23 PM

Swoop
Key Veteran
Location: Newark, DE USA

I remember reading your story on here beeflyer, was a painful read and hopefully your all healed from your loss.

07-05-2008 09:37 PM

beeflyer2
Key Veteran
Location: Woodstock, GA - US

LOL, yea I'm over it now. Live and learn.

07-06-2008 12:39 AM

kryptik
Heliman
Location: South Carolina

I just saw one of these on a commercial. It's a little pricey, but I guess it's cheaper than a new bird...
http://www.brickhouse-childsafety.com/locator.html

If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't ...

07-06-2008 01:25 AM

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Hen3
Heliman
Location: America

You could try one of these:

http://www.hobbico.com/radioaccys/hcap0335.html

07-06-2008 03:12 AM

Jasmine2501
New Heliman
Location: Lakewood, CO

Here is how we find things that go down out in the sticks at my club - it never fails... even if it's pretty far away.

1. Do not take your eyes off the spot where it went down, and do not walk anywhere until you've fixed that location.

2. Point your antenna or your hand directly at that spot and freeze.

3. Move only your eyes and head around and figure out the exact spot where you are standing - it is handy if you're in dead center of a pilot pad or sitting in a chair or something you can fix on later as you start to walk away.

4. Pick the most distant object you can see that is in a direct line from where you are standing to the spot your hand or antenna is pointing at.

5. Begin walking in that direction, periodically turn around and make sure you are on the line between the two 'marked' points - the distant object and the spot you were standing.

6. Search about 10-15 feet to the left and right of that spot as you walk.

Usually you will find that the bird went down much farther out than you thought, but you will almost always find it directly on that line you marked. Of course, if you don't do this the moment the bird goes down, you're hosed. Freezing and getting your bearings before you run after your bird is the most important part. We have found 6-inch propellers this way in pretty thick grass. Trust me, it works.

Good luck! I hope you find your Blade!

07-06-2008 07:18 AM

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speeddemon370
Veteran
Location: Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada

Please post if you find it. I find myself lying awake at night thinking about how much it would suck to loose my heli to tall grass. It would be nice to hear you found it by some miracle or something.

with 2 ears and 1 mouth you should listen twice as much as you talk

07-06-2008 06:23 PM

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Topher
Veteran
Location: Rochester, Michigan

Theres a post in the DIY Electronics forum on RCgroups that has plans for a simple location beeper that goes off when the radio loses signal.

will wash your heli for a quarter

07-07-2008 02:45 PM

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nmrs
Senior Heliman
Location: Austin, TX

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Theres a post in the DIY Electronics forum on RCgroups that has plans for a simple location beeper that goes off when the radio loses signal.

I think this is the project you are referring to:

http://www.rc-cam.com/lma.htm

450 se v2

07-07-2008 03:24 PM

redvtr1000
Veteran
Location: covington, GA

They say the switchglo can help find lost birds but I doubt I would buy it for that purpose.

Can you not go out in the area and try to throttle it up a bit to see if you hear it trying to spin up or chop through the brush? might not be good for whatever is left but probably better than losing it forever...

hope you find it

"No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride."

07-07-2008 03:47 PM

Jasmine2501
New Heliman
Location: Lakewood, CO

[quote]Theres a post in the DIY Electronics forum on RCgroups that has plans for a simple location beeper that goes off when the radio loses signal.[quote]

Supposedly the Align ESC can do that. I don't know if it actually works though. Probably would with 72MHz radio, but not sure if it would work with Spektrum, as it continues to send a signal to the ESC if you turn off the radio.

07-08-2008 01:44 AM

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tchavei
rrProfessor
Location: Portugal

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They say the switchglo can help find lost birds but I doubt I would buy it for that purpose.

Why not? It has helped me find my bird more than once. Just flick the switch and the 90db beep will guide you.

Last time I lost a bird in the bushes it took me 3 minutes to find it. When I didn't have the switchglo, It took me 2 hours and I was already imagining loosing $3000 worth of equipment.

Obviously I have a nitro bird so the switchglo is doing its primary purpose (avoid hotstarts and ignite the plug with a flick on the radio switch) but I also used it to warn me of failsafe conditions (triggered by loss of signal)

Tony

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"Perfection and patience usually walk side by side..."

07-08-2008 01:53 AM

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cplearner
Heliman
Location: Franklinton, La - United states

im not dead im here

Hey everyone, my computer took a ****. i havent been able to get on the internet in forever. im at my brothers using his computer. i still havent found my heli yet. i think ill try the metal detector,that sounds like a good idea. thing is, is that it is probably up in a tree somewhere. thanks for the ideas,i really appreciate it. i will keep you updated, and i will let you all know when i find it. thanks again!

Blade 400

07-14-2008 02:08 AM

JRjoe
Elite Veteran
Location: Portage, IN USA #1

It's usually twice as far out as you think. Keep looking.

JRjoe

07-14-2008 08:55 AM

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speeddemon370
Veteran
Location: Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada

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It's usually twice as far out as you think. Keep looking.

I'll second that notion. Seriously though, it's usually WAY farther than you'd think.

with 2 ears and 1 mouth you should listen twice as much as you talk

07-15-2008 05:09 AM

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Blax1
Senior Heliman
Location: Sydney Australia

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im not dead im here

LOL

Well at least your alive and still looking for it, I thought you where lost in the bush trying to find it...

I hope you find it real soon, its been way to long now

07-15-2008 08:30 AM

ofir
Senior Heliman
Location: tel aviv - israel

Cplearner, It's sad to hear that - I remember the time I lost my old rappy, cutting high grass with a machete for two days like crazy, after finally when I gave up and found a place to rest quit far from the search area - I spotted it just sitting there, wet from the dew.

Good luck in finding it.

My wife never asks me what I am thinking about: she already knows: sex and helicopters

07-15-2008 09:01 AM

SSN Pru
Elite Veteran
Location: Massachusetts

LOL, I had a plank go down in a field of high corn. I looked and looked and looked for days on end. Never found it.

In the fall, the farmers found it when they ran it over with their machinery. They sawed the tail off. All of the electronics were find after 6 months outdoors. The engine didn't even have rust on it. I was absolutely amazed!

Good luck with your search. It's tough when you loose an A/C in thick vegetation.

07-15-2008 02:11 PM

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