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Old 07-04-2007 | 09:02 PM
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Default Inverted Flight

Finally got the nerve to try inverted. Flew 4 packs out in idle-up mode flying fast circle and figure eights. Decided to take her out to a bigger field and try flippin it over. Didn't go quite as planned. Had it up about 30 ft hovering tail in, gave hard right cyclic and a little up collective. As it rolled over I added down collective and it went back up again. But, as it rolled back up-right it rotated nose to my left and as I tried to level it out it dove nose first to the ground. Gave hard up collective and pulled back on the cyclic. If I only had one more foot of altitude. Caught the grass with the skids and nosed over. Broke a main blade and stripped the main gear. (dead chicken dance!) [X(][:@][:'(][]

Still shaking from the adrenalin, I unplugged the battery, checked for missing peices, and drove it back home. DoggoneIt!