FBoss
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Location: Aurora Indiana USA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Well GimbalFan you just beat me to my question. Ive been feeling guilty about this since I was pretty hard core on scoring and I did not count this last one as a crash. So now I will come clean and throw myself on the judgment of the jury.
Had a flame out 2 days ago. Had to auto into low brush on a steep hill. The heli tipped over and a boom strike insued. No other damage not even stripped tail gears (TT tail drive) The boom was dented (.25"+ deep x 1" long) and bent ever so slightly. I was worried that my TT might rub on the dent so I replaced the boom only, less than 10min job) filled and flew fine. I have since repaired the dent. Turned on lathe a metal plug the exact ID of boom x 3" long and pushed it thru, worked great. The boom is now ready for service. Honestly I did not score this as a crash.
Jury, please issue a judgment, I will change my flight log if directed.
PS not sure if I could have flown the dented boom or not, 50/50.
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after I landed. I tried to right it but the headspead wasn't sufficient, and over it went. I didn't think anything about it.
But upon closer inspection the maintail gear, and the tail pinion gear were stripped?
The main blades got mud on them, but nothing to report.
