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    • #9646
      betty.k
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      …..drop an rc heli in their yard!:D

      it was dead still out, wind was barely a knot.

      man i was soaring that sucker good, i had it a good 70m high above my yard. it was all under control, nice tail in hover, had my corrections in check.

      i was doing so well i failed to notice it was gradually getting alot higher but at the same relative angle.

      by the time i noticed that the motors were barely audible it was a good 100m up, but about 2 houses over! the wind had picked up slightly, just faster than my heli’s wind speed! she was gone and going and all i could do was watch!! :smiley5:

      until i ran outta radio range and she fell like a brick, somewhere that way!

      so long story short, met a few neighbours, got a tour of their yards.
      *knock knock*
      “um, this is gonna sound strange but….” :smiley4:

      so 3 yards and 2 funny looks later i hit paydirt, blipped the throttle, heard the whine of the motors then a thud as it fell out of a tree! 5m from a swimming pool! 😯

      the aerial wire was completly wrapped around the rotors, broke the boom (again) and busted a skid.
      amazingly that’s it! even the rotor blades are completely unharmed!

      as you can tell by the parts bound with enamelled copper wire & superglue the damage is nothing i can’t fix, i’m just amazed that;

      a) i found it again! and
      b) after dropping from 100m that’s all that happened. :8ball:

    • #25900
      Dangerous Dave
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      all part of the fun..

      the Dragonfly 36 heli I got here hasn’t even been 7m off the ground yet.

      Another way to meet neighbours is to go introduce yourself haha (yeah I’m an old fashioned country boy at heart).

    • #25914
      BilboFOL
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      At least you aren’t in America.

      The neighbors would have taken the copter and then sued you for harassment. 😀

    • #25721
      Dangerous Dave
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      hey we’re working on it over here 🙁

    • #25722
      BilboFOL
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      Dangerous Dave wrote:
      hey we’re working on it over here 🙁

      Don’t you let them.

      Maybe it’s time to expell all the personal injury lawyers from the country.:beer:

    • #26551
      klims
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      that sounds like a pretty sturdy chopper. what kind is it?

    • #26552
      betty.k
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      it’s a colco xrb lama, got it off ebay for $160.
      it’s 1:28 scale too!

      i’m just lucky a tree broke it’s fall, would have been much worse otherwise! :8ball:

    • #26545
      klims
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      would you recommend it? i’d like to get a heli, but im still not sure which ones are any good.

      whats the lipo charger like? i’d like to do a lipo conversion to my mini z sometime, so it might work out alright.

    • #26527
      betty.k
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      i’m not sure i’d recommend this particular heli for an rc noob, it required some fiddling to get it to fly right.
      but as a result i know it inside out now and greatly increased my heli knowledge doing so.

      i would recommend this design for a beginner though, the counter – rotating blades make it very stable compared to a real heli. i’m finding it a good heli to learn with.

      so if you want no hassles then buy a brand name cr heli like the twister bell or one of the venom range.

      the charger is just a simple plug pack type deal, it’s pretty much matched to this cell. but it works well. :8ball:

    • #25917
      Dangerous Dave
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      I started off with a Walkera #36, but I’d recommend one of those suggested by bk, as I’ve had a very steep learning curve being thrown in the deep end lol

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