hfenn Bud you beat me by almost 20 flights before the crash...no surprise there!! I got 26 in today before I ditched it. Have not flown in a week and it showed. Went to a new park near my house with super thick short grass, perfect crashing surface LOL! Wind out of the east so I had to fly with a tailwind to keep the sun out of my eyes, I hate flying with the wind behind me. Might have to get a different gyro, the stock one is ok for hovering but it kept letting the tail just turn 15-20 degrees at random in FF. Hard on a noob like me. Tried upping the gain but it did little. Got out of shape and did the old toilet bowl of death and WHAM. All I am doing at this point is flying forward tail in with a little turn here and there then flying it back to me backwards. I have not got the guts up to go side to side with any kind of speed yet....if I had a backup King I would probably give it a go.

The damage was pretty light, from what I can tell. Main Gear, blades, slight curve in tail boom (i can fix that). Gonna strip it and make sure the mainshaft is not bent. Time for a belt anyway. Going up a tooth on the pinion as well as lift seems very soft with any altitude, cranked up the pitch travel and I still think I need more speed.

enjoy your time off man
Tommy