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Old 02-04-2004 | 10:18 AM
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Default RE: First Helicopter got damage on first flight

It sounds to me like you didn't glue the roots. One blade broke off and an left an unbalanced rotor head which flew off with the swash plate and mainshaft. Since you are a beginner it would be likely another couple of mishaps will happen before you learn foward flight. If you really like the vigor then you should repair it and put it on the side until you learn to fly. If not then sell it for parts. 60 size choppers are really nice machines when you know how to fly them.

You should look into a 30-50 size machine. I chose the raptor because that is what most people fly, but there are other good ones that I only heard about. Crash cost for the raptor is really cheap. I went in knife edge New Years day and only broke a spindle, fly bar, boom and a really nice set of blades. It was 10$ to repair the chopper and 70 $ for another set of carbons. I am just glad I left the fury home that day.