Wnuk,
Certainly understand the busy thing, we've all had our share of that.. I too, read EVERYTHING I write(yuk-yuk)..
"Land and Spin" comes to mind with your problem. Weather bad, here in Indianapolis/Greenwood it snowed on Easter Day.. Bummer.
Indy is in "Tornado Alley", we have 5 to 10 a year....Some Really bad, some not, can't beat Mother Nature.
NOW TO BUSINESS:
Crashcrash has a good first guess, tail motor bad..The motors on the Blade, both main and tail are inexpensive and I guess we can't expect them to last forever for 10 bucks or less. One however, the same problem can be caused by a defective tail gear, that meaning a tooth(or more) has been chipped/burred or got deformed in a tail blade strike and gets stuck. Under power it's okay, as power goes down, ooops, I'm stuck.. Check the tail gear first, then go for the tail motor.. Always, have a few spare main and tail motors. Saturday, I ordered about 100 bucks of spare parts and need parts, from four different websites, to get me back in the air.
BPHOBBIES has some great prices on motors, tail booms, and other stuff that fits on the blades... Motors for 6 1/2 bucks..
Here's the link:
http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=V019752
Dave / Choppersrule
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ORIGINAL: Wnuk
I've developed a minor problem I can't diagnose. Whenever I land my CP now, as the blades spin down, the tail motor stops before the main rotor and the CP does a 360 on its skids all on its own! It's really pretty impressive. I've been trying to think of a "cool" name for it and say I invented a new manouver! I'm thinking I may have a tail motor going but don't know for sure.
I have to say I'm getting impatient with the weather here in PA. I can't get outside because of wind & I'm getting bored just hovering inside. I NEED FF and soon!
Jim