Roger Hamilton
Senior Heliman
Location: Surrey, England
| So, I'm skimming across the strip to land, banked over when suddenly the heli piros rapidly at 3 or 4 feet, too fast for me to catch and the heli goes in. Heli is a Futura Nova, just recovering from a self inflicted crash and this is the second flight.
Transpires the tail push rod gave in at the point where the threaded piece ends at the servo end, little doubt in my mind this fatigued. Now this is a brand new rod, 1 and a half tanks of fuel. So, my thinking is - 'not fit for purpose intended'. Am I justified in thinking Robbe should pay for the damage or should I buy parts, watch them fail and accept it as the norm?
If this happened after a few months I could kind of accept it |
