Brought the Axe to the local flying field this evening. The wind calmed down and it was perfect for trying new maneuvers. Decided to not say anything to anybody and just go into my corner and do what I want. The first loop was totally crooked and it basically stopped once in was upside down. Lost lots of altitude too. Still, negative collective and it went up a little, then it was facing nose down and going down. Pulled out of it at about 6 feet from the ground. IT WORKED! Tried it again. This time it began to spin so I tried to bail out. Outa control so I killed the idle up switch so it would burn up the electronics. Somehow, it ended up landing right side up on the skids like it was an autorotation. Got lots of applause.

Finding there was no damage, I thought I'd try a roll. Well, it went haywire and I lost orientation again and crash landed on the skids. Bent feathering spindle, broken skids, broken tail fin. Not bad for three inverted attempts.