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Fearless Freep
Today I really wanted to be in my happy place flying my 450. Didn't happen. Got to the field, everything setup, wind was about 7mph from the SE. Spooled up and lifted off into a hover tail-in, and she was not handling well. The heli was rolling a bit to the left, and the nose turning to the right.
Then the wind shifted south and gusted, at the same time the heli started making a noise the then got squirelly. With the gust picking up she was now nose at me and about to flip on her back, so I had to drop the collective and set her down.
Last night I mounted a nice bright green foam ball on the bottom of the carbon tail fin, for tail-in visibility, and a little extra height and protection for landings. Also glad I installed those bamboo training gear thats for sure.
So, now i'm calming down, I check the cyclic and rudder are OK and start spooling her up again to keep going. Then I notice that my tail blades aren't turning. Parental Advisory: #$% *&@#'s #$%@ !!!!
That was the end of my maiden. I took her home, took the tail apart, removed the TT front drive gear box, opened it up and found the front TT drive gear with the two bearings (its the one that meshes with the tail/auto rotation gear below the main drive gear), was missing some teeth. Oh goody goody
Everything else is fine on the heli, just that one gear. So I'm glad for that, or I would now change my user title to "confirmed taco-pilot".
I just emailed the company I've been buying most of my heli stuff from and told them what happened today. I also told them I was ordering 2 more of those gear sets at $12 a set, and that I'm not interested in putting in a ticket on the issue, since I've been waiting weeks for their Tech Support to get back to me on the mcpx I believe I got screwed on. I also mentioned that I'm not going to keep spending money with a company, if they are only about sales, and not service to loyal customers.
Finally here is the picture of the bad gear. Even if they ship today, which is unlikely, I won't be getting the parts until next week.
Then the wind shifted south and gusted, at the same time the heli started making a noise the then got squirelly. With the gust picking up she was now nose at me and about to flip on her back, so I had to drop the collective and set her down.
Last night I mounted a nice bright green foam ball on the bottom of the carbon tail fin, for tail-in visibility, and a little extra height and protection for landings. Also glad I installed those bamboo training gear thats for sure.
So, now i'm calming down, I check the cyclic and rudder are OK and start spooling her up again to keep going. Then I notice that my tail blades aren't turning. Parental Advisory: #$% *&@#'s #$%@ !!!!
That was the end of my maiden. I took her home, took the tail apart, removed the TT front drive gear box, opened it up and found the front TT drive gear with the two bearings (its the one that meshes with the tail/auto rotation gear below the main drive gear), was missing some teeth. Oh goody goody
Everything else is fine on the heli, just that one gear. So I'm glad for that, or I would now change my user title to "confirmed taco-pilot".
I just emailed the company I've been buying most of my heli stuff from and told them what happened today. I also told them I was ordering 2 more of those gear sets at $12 a set, and that I'm not interested in putting in a ticket on the issue, since I've been waiting weeks for their Tech Support to get back to me on the mcpx I believe I got screwed on. I also mentioned that I'm not going to keep spending money with a company, if they are only about sales, and not service to loyal customers.
Finally here is the picture of the bad gear. Even if they ship today, which is unlikely, I won't be getting the parts until next week.
