I crashed my mini-Titan today :-( .

To begin with I flew 3 packs at one flying field near me just fine (this only my 3rd time outdoors). I did some hovering, turns and circles and then a bunch of fly-by's going about 100 feet to my right and 100 feet to my left. It was AWESOME as I had not really done that yet. Then I had to be in another suburb in the afternoon so took it to a different flying field to use the last 3 packs. BAD IDEA!!!

This was a field where the "pattern flyers" frown upon ANY heli in their field but I stuck to the area that heli's are supposed to. I can't even tell you how I dumped it other than it was a little far away from me (80-100 feet maybe) about 4-5 feet off the ground near a tree-line and when bringing it around, I tipped it and blades hit dirt. I tried to hit throttle hold as fast I as could.

Looks like damage was only blades, 1 side of flybar bent a little and one leg of CF training gear split. I bent the flybar back as straight as I could (I think I did the same after my first tip-over type crash). I'm picking a new flybar up tomorrow at the LHS just in case.

I have been heeding Oster's warning of "don't fly too far away" but I think the trees/bushes that I was coming VERY close to kind of freaked me out as the wind was blowing the heli right into them. I also tend to decend when I get far because I have this fear of the wind carrying it away and getting so far that I lose orientation and crash.

Anyway, I spooled her up now with no blades (and then stock woodies) and she seems ok. I hope to fly a pack or 2 tomorrow to test.

If it is, I'd say that's a testament to how rugged the mini-Titan is.

Dave D.