Well, I guess I spoke a little too soon about not crashing [&o] Last Saturday (3-13) it was a beautiful day in the mid 60’s, but the wind was above 5 mph. Being the “expert” flyer I was, I thought I should be able to handle a measly 5 mph wind [>:] I did OK for a few minutes, but then the wind decided to take over. My Corona started drifting to the left over my yard and away from the safety of my driveway. What I should have done was land, retrieve it and started over in my driveway again. But no [X(] I wasn’t going to let the wind get the best of me [>:] As I fed in right cyclic to bring it back, the wind gusted again and down I went [] My pride took the most damage of all. Total damage to my Corona was only around $12.00, except for the stripped nylon gears that should have been metal ones in the first place. I had to buy a new tail rotor fin, and tail rotor gearbox. For any potential Corona flyers out there, BUY THE METAL GEAR SERVOS !!!! I thought I would save a few bucks and get the nylon geared servos. It’ll be OK, I’ll never crash, I’ll be real careful ! I only saved $10.00 on the two servos, but two metal gear sets cost me $36.00 at my LHS [X(] Ouch [:'(]

Anyway I think I’ve learned my lesson (I hope) and plan on not taking chances above my skill level. It was a pretty cheap lesson and am grateful the Corona is so rugged. Anyway she’s back and ready to go now and I am just waiting for a “calm” day to have a go at it again.

RotorWing out