the Wasp
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Location: Vt
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Futaba, I want my blades and parts replaced !!
I flew and the tail worked fantastic !! held good and straight in the wind and respond well to my commands !! so I landed to adjust my curves (1 click each), restarted my motor (without turning off the Tx & Rx) after it stalled on spool-up, I lifted-off again after restarting and spooling-up and the tail still held good in a low hover of 4 ft and the tail respond good to my commands, then I got her up about 7 or 8 ft and then the tail would not respond to my commands (I lost total control of the tail), I could not hold it, so into the high grass she went (to low of a head speed for an auto),,, so after the crash I checked her over and I found the tail servo produces No power to it's arm, I put my finger on the servo arm and move the rudder stick and the arm will not move at all, I only get an electronic sound/squeal, BUT the servo gears are still good,,,
to the heli it's self there was not much damage, maybe about $60, but my new $85 blades had less than 2 gallons on them, so a total of $145 maybe plus servo,,, what makes me mad is this servo really doesn't have that much time on it at all, only 4 cases of fuel on it,,, I feel Futaba should replace my blades and parts, but I'm sure that wont happen !!
for my shadow and other 2,3 hijackers, she went in over on its side and into the tall grass, when the blades hit the ground the skids and tail went up so the tail and rudder servo did not get hit, only the head and blades hit the ground !! (in fact the flybar did not bend), and can you imagine~ even the main gear is still intact LOL, I lost total control over the tail "it was the servo's fault !!"
Jim |
In my case i was pushing the servos harder than they could handle. Backed off on some settings and problem solved. Something to consider.
