I'm seriously hoping that wasn't the G Speed!!! NoSnow
Our thoughts are with you
Simon

 

Nah wasnt the G Speed, motor is due to arrive next thursday and then ill give the G Speed a run! Thanks mate! Was pretty awesome when all the dust flew up when it hit the deck!

 

Sorry, didn't read the post carefully enough, should let the eyes focus after hopping out of bed before reading my favorite forum. My Bad. It is pretty awesome yet simultaneously sickening when they go in (unless you are Min flying someone else's bird)
So the speed is close, very cool, make sure you get a video of the maiden, and take it slowly (if there is such a thing for a G Speed!). I don't think Crash has one of those yet. Don't be the first.
I'll still get down at some stage
Take care my Friend
Simon

 

The damage you describe sounds like a re-kit
Simon

 

Yep, rekit is what it is! Picked up a 300x for the rest of my holidays in Adelaide but when I get back to Tas ill get the rekit!

Yeah, my first reaction was F..... second was thats a big dust cloud, third was man this is gonna cost!
Speed is super close! Video of Maiden will be a deffinate, ill take it slow and careful, now living in Launceston City mate so we'll need to make a trip to the field!
You too Simon!
Darcy

 

Could have posibly found out about retreating blade stall?

 

Reckon that's possible on a 450 spinning at 3+k? I think it would have rolled over to the stalled side if that happened, but I am just guessing. Sounds like an FBL issue to me, nose up then nose down at high speed.

Simon

 

Probably right there simon my ikon on my rexy500 is extremely pitchy at high speed

 

I think it was retreating blade stall, my ikon was fine setup was awesome when I was using the Compass Mains but then changed over to RJX for a try, had to re tune everything and it was never the same

 

Then I think it was probably too much flex in the RJX's. You heli would have rolled to the right if the retreating blades had stalled. also, if one set of blades stalled, all sets of blades would stall (at a given airspeed), it's the physics of the spinning blades.
If it pitched up a tiny bit at high speed, the heli will go into a savage wall, I think a little bit of flex, showed the underside of the disk to the air and BOOM, your heli is smoked
Simon
Your thoughts @feral

 

Ohkay, that makes sense! Eithway it walled straight into the ground from 5 meters up

 

Your right on there @simon retreating stall would have rolled right sounds like the blade flex too me
As I said my ikon is extreamly pitchy when the 500 is flat bickys sounds like ol mate has grabbed a fistfull of cyclic after the nose pitched up

 

We have all done it...Panic - Fistful of cyclic
Did you get onto the methanol (search industrial chemical supplies) You should get 20l for $50
Simon

 

Yeah I found a distributor for coogee but there in qld it $45 for 20l plus post it still beats the shiz outa payin 100 a drum
Thanks again man

 

It was really weird, it just walled straight at the ground, I didn't make any imput until it was TH when it hit the deck, just kept 3/4 throttle/pitch and virtually no elevator just enough for nose to stay down

 

Great!, you should find it locally.
Also, the shipping on DD is normally for 120 liters flat, so get a group together, buy 5 drums and have it shipped for the same flat rate
Simon

 

It's the sound that hurts the most, that dull 'thump', and the anxiety when you know it's going to happen. Good luck with GS maiden (take it easy @NevErSn0w)