500 Lawndart 500!!!!!!

[wolfman76]

well got the 500 in the air again finally was doing good for awhile even kicked her into IU1 did some tic tocs a loop and some piros and a few pitch pumps man let me tell you she is punchy but then the inevitable happened WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN i have video of it and it is uploaded to my youtube but waiting on word from tony if it is ok to put on the forum it has some profanities in it (HEY I WAS EXITED) lol she became a very big lawndart after i lost orientation and completely forgot i had auto bail out on the brain so this was all on me.... BRACE YOURSELVES IT IS ABOUT TO GET GRAPHIC here are after crash photos

 

[callsign4223]

Ouch!!!!

 

[wolfman76]

U.mmmmm yup lol

 

[Lanman]

Ouch! That had to hurt.

 

[wolfman76]

I brain farted and forgot to hit the bail out switch I'm not use to it yet

 

[Lee]

Thats a big one Almost a re-kit i would think.

 

[Graham Lawrie]

Damn that looks worse than mine and mine was nearly a re-kit unlucky , been there pal I know how you feel

Auto bail out? I have not done this on the brain? How do you set that up?

 

[Lee]

Auto bailout is just another word for self level Graham.
Sometimes the two are confused.

 

[Graham Lawrie]

Thanks Lee

 

[treff]

Blimey ! is there anything not bent, broken or crushed. Lawn dart ? that dart must have been going very, very fast. I feel the pain.

 

[Derek]

pretty painful to look at the pictures, Kyle! I'm sorry to see all that damage!

 

[fhu667]

Condolences, and i hope you're smarter than me. I did the same thing twice before I became familiar with the location of my self level button! I also have positive collective mixed into mine, and it has improved my flying dramatically.

 

[Slobberdog]

Kyle I feel for you mate, hope you get it sorted,

 

[Blackwarrior]

Wow, that's bad Kyle, worse than any of my crashes, feel for ya mate..

 

[Admiral]

Sorry to see that, not too much recoverable as far as the frame goes, how did the servos etc hold up?

 

[Graham Lawrie]

Had a second look Kyle now I have time not looking good I can hardly see anything salvageable Good luck mate

 

[wolfman76]

As far as I know I think the servos are ok haven't checked them yet. Frame pieces need replace obviously bottom plates battery tray rear gyro mount but they all come together bent feathering shaft only slightly but bent bent screw on dfc head where it connects blade grip to swash the plastic ball links at the end of those arms think bent the long elevator link that goes through the auto rotation bracket skid pipes are bent but I might be able to straighten them need to check dfc main shaft.. think that is about it... oh new battery straps but I have a couple and it killed my blue lipo pack kinked it on inpact

 

[Graham Lawrie]

Not as bad as it looked I thought I had saved my battery it all checked out ok, but tried it recently and lost all power to servos bin job I think, not worth the risk

 

[wolfman76]

Mine looks like I tried to fold it in half it is like 2yrs old

 

[Ken Jackson]

Kyle, ouch. Listen I have a lot of 500 parts let me put a list together of what I can spare. Then just let me know if you already have any of it. Man I love the orange you had on it. Wish I could have seen it fly. Anyway I'll go through my parts. I know if I have too many more crashes I could ground myself for a while. Anyway my 500 is cherry right now and I'd be more then happy to give you some parts to get you started at least.


What I can offer.
Tail Boom (Sorry not carbon fiber)
Main shaft
Maybe a spindle shaft
I also have a couple of the screws and fittings for the DFC head, what you bent.

I have to say to anyone who doesn't have a DFC head. It is tough and can take quite a bit of abuse. Excellent design and I highly recommend it. Rarely bend either shaft.

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And a bottom plate

Looks like the tail is OK? How about the gears and gear sets?

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Hey PM me that Youtube link.