My RC Heli crash at Charmouth - I completely wrecked it

[@rchelicopter]

Oh, language young lady, naughty naughty 😂😂

[@toncsirc]

Oh come on, I'm sure that it is acceptable in this situation. 😂

[@jasonwong93]

@@toncsircthere is also a better alternative I guess 😂 But I understand

[@RCCopterLove]

So sorry to see this, Toncsi! The worst is it happens sooo fast! Less than a minute before you were talking about the tail... then it went all into the ground. As you say it's part of the game and I somehow believe that we are learning something from every crash! I hope you get this beauty soon in the air again!

[@toncsirc]

Thank you! It honestly is part of the hobby, without this, you cant have any of the fun bits can you? :)

[@RCCopterLove]

@@toncsirc If it does not happen too often , yes! 😂

[@Julia_rc16]

Sorry this happend. You are an amazing rc heli pilot i love your flying style. I fly too but im momently learning to fly advanced and im very impressed of your skills ☺️

[@toncsirc]

Thank you! Hope to see you climbing the ranks then!

[@HeliShed]

Oh Tonci....................................... So sorry this happened to you - don't let it stop you pal - it happens, we all been there.

[@toncsirc]

Definitely wont stop now, its just another reason to keep going!

[@aussiedigger1441]

Try controlling the Heli whilst in a slow yaw. This helped me get ordinations down!

[@toncsirc]

I'll give your idea a shot. Thank you!

[@黄鼹鼠]

would you mind sharing the yaw speed you are using?

[@nathankendall3467]

Landing gear looks ok, not a total loss.

[@toncsirc]

Yes, the landing gear was fine, luckily, alongside most of the head, although my one way bearing and blade grip arms had to be replaced. What I find funny is that the tail block itself suffered barely any damage.

[@keesvandermark8214]

It happens to us all. Better next time. And think about it, you can fly really well.

[@toncsirc]

Thank you, it's part of the hobby after all and not the end of the world.

[@bushyfpv8036]

did you watch the video? 🤣

[@rjfetz1]

Sorry this happened. I'm learning too and crashes happen . Part of the game. I just got a Goosky RS4

[@toncsirc]

Thanks! Yeah, it's part of the learning process. Hope you enjoy your RS4 too! :)

[@wowblackhawk]

Talk about a smack down. Go big or go home, right? Hopefully some salvageable parts? Hell of a pilot though. I’m too chicken to leave scale smooth flight for this exact reason. I only get wild with my fpv set up. My lizard brain struggles with orientation loss. Which looks like the case here

[@toncsirc]

Oh wow, thank you! There were some salvageable bits, but not many, although funnily enough the tail block itself survived without any problems despite it hitting the ground first. I personally always thought scale flying was awesome and I'll always admire scale pilots, same goes for FPV. I doubt I could ever fly FPV. As for the orientation loss, yeah, it happens, sometimes the mix of factors dont play out as you hope. :)

[@andyMSH700]

u need bailout programmed into your tx...hit the button when u get confused and it flips and rights itself....takes the fun out of crashing though.

[@toncsirc]

I have bailout programmed on my transmitter but I pulled it too late unfortunately. In the original audio you can hear it go off the second before it hit the ground, which may have been a bit too late. 😅

[@andyMSH700]

@@toncsirc ah ok...that happened to me also...great u have it programmed..enjoy

[@worachart111]

Oh no

[@toncsirc]

Thats what I thought :)

[@Mickado64]

sorry for you 😪

[@toncsirc]

Thank you.

[@trexinvert]

Was this your first flight of the day?

[@toncsirc]

Funnily enough, no. This was the last of 3 flights I did on the Saturday and much to my disappointment, this was the only one we have footage of. My first flight looked amazing and I was very happy with it so definitely a bummer.

[@trexinvert]

@@toncsirc Okay, so first flight jitters and cold fingers is not an excuse. Possibly, late in the day with bad visibility. Ideally, keep both wind and sun on your back. Anyways, I've been studying this video, and I'm ready to give you a critique. That is if you'd like to hear it from me. I've flown 6600 times with only 30 crashes(never made same mistake 2x) on my trex 500. My skill level until I stopped was everything but a "continuous non-drifting" piroflip. I could fly inverted(fwd, bkwd, traveling piros both CW and CCW). Didn't waste time with tick-tocs or loops. Also, 1000's of hrs on Realflight with accurate trex500 model at 150% physics.

[@toncsirc]

The sun in our face definitely didnt help but there was only one flight line. Overall, I wouldn't say I've crashed too many times, on average, about once a year. And yes, I'll always accept critiques. :)

[@trexinvert]

@@toncsirc Crash frequency of 1/year, assuming over 100 flights a year is not bad, excellent actually. So watching this and your previous video "how...I fly inverted" you had a close call: 1. You should practice this to get out of trouble. Practice backwards flying, and also inverted backwards flying. 2. Avoid rainbow flips unless you mean to do so. Just rise up to altitude and do a "flat" tight flip. No losing or gaining altitude. 3. Add aileron to your half piros. On the cyclic stick it looks like a "half stir". Forward push > pull side > pull back. Coordinated with the rudder ofcourse. This should be practiced hundreds of times on the sim. Must be reflex. You cannot "think and figure out" during a maneuver, right? Keep on...

[@toncsirc]

Thank you. I've got hundred of hours of practice on sim, many of which were spent flying piroflips and inverted flying to the point where I could probably do them in my sleep. My main issue is that I was doing them too fast initially. I have since worked on slowing them down to make sure both sides end where they are supposed to.

[@johnwellons9239]

Shxt happens!😉

[@toncsirc]

Yeah, it does. 😅

[@paulwilliams8122]

Always sad to see and unfortunately part of hobby, I hope you have rebuilt it!

[@toncsirc]

Thank you! Honestly, I'm still working on it, she'll fly soon though. And thank you for standing as my spotter, even if it was for a very short time. :)