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classclown · 11-05-2009, 05:53 PM

[quote=billd3;930987]Haven't had a switch failure in 25 years (that I can remember)...Guess I'm overdue.

Be careful when you say that. I said that about one of my helis 3 weeks ago. It had never crashed in two years of crazy flight. Got asked about that, my reply was "its gotta be due anytime now." Same day, the heli was punching out inverted, I started rolling it right cyclic, and BAM!!!, my pitch links snapped off, the rotors came to a sudden halt, and the thing had nowhere to go but down. Landed on the muffler, snapped the landing gear, ripped the muffler off of the cylinder head, and cracked the crank case open. But the blades, servos, RX, regulator, gyro, and battery all survived. I looked back at my buddy Richard who had asked me about the heli never crashing, and I said " You had to ask me about that, did'nt you?!? Thanks a lot!

11-05-2009, 05:53 PM	#15
classclown Bad-ass Super Pooper Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 44 Posts: 2,200	Re: Routine switch replacement [quote=billd3;930987]Haven't had a switch failure in 25 years (that I can remember)...Guess I'm overdue. Be careful when you say that. I said that about one of my helis 3 weeks ago. It had never crashed in two years of crazy flight. Got asked about that, my reply was "its gotta be due anytime now." Same day, the heli was punching out inverted, I started rolling it right cyclic, and BAM!!!, my pitch links snapped off, the rotors came to a sudden halt, and the thing had nowhere to go but down. Landed on the muffler, snapped the landing gear, ripped the muffler off of the cylinder head, and cracked the crank case open. But the blades, servos, RX, regulator, gyro, and battery all survived. I looked back at my buddy Richard who had asked me about the heli never crashing, and I said " You had to ask me about that, did'nt you?!? Thanks a lot!