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Old 02-03-2004 | 05:59 PM
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Default First Helicopter got damage on first flight

I got a vigor in a trade and asked one of the heli pilots to give it a try. He was concerned about the wooded blade but decided it was ok for hovering. Got the engine started up perfectly, no problem. Did some reprograming to my radio was and ready to go. about 10 seconds in throttling up got it to hover then BANG. The heli fell back to the ground without the blades. both blades went about 500 feet in separate directions. On close inspection one blade broke away from the screw hole. And the other broke away with the shaft and the swash plate attach to it. Remarkably the rest of the heli have no damage. I guess because it was not too high when it fell. My question is should I repair it or sell it for parts?[&o]