Thanks, I will check out the RCBooya stuff when that time comes.
I got to fly the 700 twice, had the tail correction backwards in the BeastX so it spun when I lifted off the first time but I got it back down without damage, we corrected that in the BeastX and put it back in the air. Flew nice but had a nagging drift to the tail that I could not figure out. IT had no impact I forward flight but sometimes I would have to hold rudder at a hover to keep it straight, sometimes I locked in on its own.
Later I took it up again with a bit more gain and the tail seemed perfect so I started thrashing it some. then during a big air left hander the tail let go a speed, maybe 100 feet up. I wasn't sure what had happened other than I didn;t have any tail control and t was spinning so I rememberd to hit throttle hold and I had some control for my first ever autorotation. I did a fairly lousy job of autorotating but did manage to keep it upright and the guys think I saved a bunch of damage.
I had left he four bolts that grip the tail boom at the rear of the fuselage loose. I loosened them to get the single lock bolt in when I noticed that the hole in the boom was just a tick out of alignment and apparently forgot to tighten them up again. the boom was working back and forth in gear box housing until it snapped off and the tail boom was hanging by the struts but totally disengaged from the drive. Damage appears to be the landing gear, tail boom naturally but everything in the boom seems fine, the DFC blade arms both snapped the plastic ends and the elevator servo apparently stripped is gears. Main blades are fine and that I all the damage we can find. I may tear it down today to check more closely.
Later flying my 550 I flat got disoriented when I did a back flip lower than I ever have before and it kind of rolled out of the flip which surprised me and I got messed up on the collective that stuffed it into the ground. I know the tail boom and main blades are gone on that one, also the DFC arm ends are broke. The drive gear is a couple teeth ripped off and I have to take the main shaft and feather shafts out to check them.
All in all, a dud day. The 700 flew nice until my brain fade with the bolts shot it down. I got too brave too soon with the 550 but the new Cub flew hands off on take off. I literally climbed out to about 10 feet up and let go of the sticks. It was pretty windy so I am saving all of the trim setup on the Cub for another day. Considering everything else that happened yesterday I was NOT going fly the Cub again!
