AARRGGHHH!!!!! [:@] 2 Weeks waiting on that tail boom, and still nothing. The people at the hobby shop seem to be getting annoyed at my now daily calling to find out if it's there. When they first ordered it, they told me the middle of last week. I gave them some time and stopped in on Friday, and nothing. They said check back Monday. I did, no dice. They said check back Tuesday, again, no dice. Again, they said check back the next day, which is today, Wed. I called today after lunch and asked if it had made it in yet, she said nope. As I started to ask if there might be a shipment coming in this afternoon, and she started telling me to have a nice day, a nice Thanksgiving, and let me go. She's a bit older, her husband is the one that opened the shop over 40 years ago, so maybe she just didn't hear me since I was on the cell phone and may have been speaking softer than usual. They usually don't just try to cut me short, talk over me, and let me go. Sorry about that, just venting a bit. It is getting frustrating waiting 2 weeks (Monday will make it 3 weeks) on a part that they sometimes have in stock, and it's the only part I need to get the heli back in the air again. Maybe it'll be in on Friday or even Saturday.

In the meantime, I did figure out my starter shaft. It is the 1 bearing version. When I removed the adapter and mount to slip the tail belt over the pulley, the shaft slid down into the bearing in the clutch. I had to remove the engine to get it back up and hold it while putting the adapter back on the shaft, and tightening the set screw over the flat spot. I have a feeling that before I step up to a bigger, newer heli, I'm going to be a pro at removing and re-installing the engine .

As for the Blade 400 repair I mentioned in my last post, the servo that I had replaced the gears in was completely shot, requiring a replacement that I had to wait until Monday to get. She's good to go now. I'll probably put her up tomorrow around the yard to get her trimmed and such.

Happy flying.