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Want to start a crash report from the weekends flying.... Will be including pictures where possible.

Crash Report 2019_09_21

James was flying his Trex 700n FBL, had just completed a double stall turn when the tail of the heli became unresponsive.  He made the decision to Auto the heli to minimize damage so cut the engine.  The heli was auto'd with reasonable success.  Damage was limited to Main Shaft, Feathering Shaft and Landing skids.  Cause of the tail failure was that the long tail pushrod had failed as the carbon rod had come out of the aluminium clevis.

Crash Report 2018_09_08

While there was some flying on Saturday, there was not much. With the wind really kicking up to over 25Km/h a lot of people chose to put it away and come back to fly another day. In all the better choice of how to deal with this issue.
Crash Report 2018_09_01

There was one crash on Saturday with Richards 700e DFC going in from 50m up in the air into the ground.It was rather unfortunate as it seems that a signal loss to the receivers (sats) meant that the motor went into fail safe (O% Throttle) and the contact with the other parts was lost (All learnt through the data from the ESC and Brain). So it was impossible for Richard to Auto safely (From that height would have been safely on the ground). Right frame was lost as well as the Battery (Worst part of it), skids and boom. Electronics seem ok though. 

Crash Report 2018_08_18

No crashes to report this last weekend. That was mainly as there was only one person stupid enough to try and even fly. (Me of course) Winds were in excess of 35Km/h, but the Trex 600 Pro survived the ordeal....

Crash Report 2018_08_10

We had two crashes this weekend. 

The first was Richard's 700e with a Vbar Neo on it. The main damage was to the Blades, Servo and one way bearing.

Lesson learned: Always check the direction of the movement of swash plate after doing an overhaul.

Second crash of the day was Greg's Ultimate where the undercarriage tore off in landing.

Lesson learned: Always do the upgrade on the parts you know are weak.

Crash Report 2018_07_28

No crashes to report. Nice going guys and great flying.

Crash Report 2018_07_21

The unfortunate crash this last weekend (20/07/2018) was Roy's Stuka. Did a tumble on take off and snapped in the middle... Unfortunately don't have a picture of the Stuka post crash, but was a clean break just behind the canopy.</p>

Members were out in full force this Saturday including members that we haven't seen in a while.  The weather although not perfect, was not bad enough to deter members from flying.  Even with the wind pumping Jason maidened his Stik and it tracked through the sky like an arrow.

Special thanks to those who donated beverages and snacks for the day namely Ilian, James and Rory.  If I missed someone, please let me know so they can be recognized.

Thanks to Rory for purchasing the Boerie, rolls and condiments and of course thanks to Keith for taking care of the Braai with those super durable plastic fork tongs. :D

Saturday was a brilliant example of how awesome a day we can have when we all come together to share in the sport of RC that we all love!  Looking forward to seeing you all at our next event which is our AGM.

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Link to photo Album - Stik Day Photo Album