ok, I did a really stupid thing and need some input. I was flying Mon. in about 15mph winds and got a little to high, well the winds aloft must have been stronger because my hawk kept on climbing and got further away, I lost orientation and eventually the hawk dissapeared into the sky. Now my question is this, in 15 mph winds with a half of a tank of fuel and 2min of time how far could this this have went ?(altitude unknown)


p.s. now I know the effects of translational lift and I realize that I should have hit throttle cut as soon as I lost site of it.

Wow, that's funny and sad at the same time. I can only answer your question if you tell me what the throttle was when you lost site of it and the various changes the throttle went through, through the half tank of gas.

I'll keep an eye peeled.

Strange, I was always under the impreqssion that when you are not inputting anything, the heli would eventually make a wrong turn and crash.
Where did you lost sight of it ?, was it in a town or up country ?
Make a paper which says tat you lost your radio-controlled helicopter and stick it to the windows of the nearest shops. Maby somebody found it.

To know where it might have gone, we need to know the throttle it was at and maby any other inputs that you were giving on that moment.

oh man that would seriously make me cry

So, you didn't cut the throttle when you lost sight of it? Man, I hope it didn't come down on someone!

Have a look in the local rag for any unexplained decapitations...

I was flying at home in the country, no houses for miles (unlike at my ff) I was at mid-stick with a tt36 and half a tank of fuel in a hawk sport. Shortly after losing it I went for a ride and asked a guy that was walking his dog if he saw it and he said no but he heard it, this was like 2.5 miles away. That is why I asked this question, is 2.5 miles possible ?

yup, potentially up to 50MPH, up to 20 minutes.... not likely to fly long without valid control though.

Sounds like luck might be on your side!

be sure to post if you get it back.

yeah, keep us up to date.
I really would like to know what happend with it and how far it went.

well valid control was inputed by the copilot, I however made no cyclic changes after losing sight. btw how far until you lose sight 300 or 400 yards ?

[sm=idea.gif]I,m thinking that now might be a good time to talk about putting your name adress and phone number on all your aircraft.

///mental note ... put name adress and ph# on all my aircraft....

just got done walking about 15 miles total today and found nothing,not even pieces. as far as putting my name and adress on all my stuff I think I might just pack it all up and sell it , mabey take up knitting or golf.

You better not !!!

update. I have found 2 people well acually 1 person and one family that saw it go in between their houses, they were able to give me a direction and it confirmed what the guy walking his dog told me. I went to http://terraserver-usa.com and drew a line from where I was flying to where it was spotted about a mile away and asked some people next in the line of travel, 2.25 miles away(garmin gps) one lady told me she heard strange noises coming from the woods behind her house about an hour after I lost it. She said it didn't sound like an animal or anything she has heard before, I did not look today because it was pouring all day but will head out tom. morning.

roflmao. wow man, seriously that sucks! i hope you find it! give us the pic of terraserver with your line so we can see for our selves!

sean

so, whatever happend to this heli, already found it ?

nope, I went into the woods where the lady said she heard strange noises and the tree canopy is to thick to see above it. There is also alot of grape vines and leaves.

guess you'll just have to wait untill fall or winter when the leaves fall of the trees. maby then you will be able to have a closer look.

Sounds like when I was younger and I got my first compund bow, me and my brother were shooting in the back yard and he saw some birds flying by, figured he was rambo and shot straight up at birds in flight with a freaking arrow.....thank god we didn't kill anyone, but still...funny....

Pat

hmm, that heli is gonna be a rust bucket by the time you get it back!

yea I know but at least the plastic won't.

Hope you find it. Heres a story to lessen the blow. You werent the first, or probably the last, to lose a RC aircraft. Maybe some humor form my story might ease you pain. Sorry to hear of the loss. []


Back in high school before I ever had a RC, a friend of mine had a pretty nice trainer airplane. He lived in a trailer park and was a pretty good pilot. He would use the small tarmac street that the cars used to drive on as a runway, stand on top his trailor, and fly it in big circles around the park. I would give him the "all clear' so he knew no cars were coming, and he would land right where he took off from.

Long story short. He did this regularly for quite a while (year or longer) but one day he got locked out of his radio controls when the plane was flying level, and steady, and straight eastbound, at about 25 MPH, and 100ft of elevation.......and away it went. NEVER found it. We know for a fact it cleared the entire trailer park, but no idea after that....Probably ended up in some farmers wheat field, and was discovered long after it flew away. Looking back it was incredibly stupid, and dangerous to fly like he did, but at 16-18 years old it was a riot. I dont think anyone thought much else about it except he was good enough to take off, fly in circles, and land safely over a long period of time, and it was really fun to watch. Aside from a missing airplane no other mishaps ever took place, thankfully.

here is a picture of where I lost it. If you can see the red push pin in the lower left corner, that is my yard, if you draw a straight line from there to about an inch below the upper right corner, that is the direction of travel.

http://terraserver-usa.com/addressim...wn%2c+PA+19530

Sorry to hear it still isn't found. Finding it in a jungle sounds like a chalange.

Best of luck.