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PostPosted: Thu 16. Jun 2022 0:08:13 
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Today I had a tail failure. I was sat in a stable hover at the time. A link snapped leaving the tail with no control. The heli spun round fast. I hit throttle hold, and auto'ed to the ground, only slightly bending the boom as I'm not a good flyer :D

So this got me thinking; if the tail is completely lost, e.g. there's no tail control at all, and the heli is inverted and moving,
can the spirit:

a) recover to skids down?
b) return to home? (if fitted with a geolink)

I know that expecting the spirit to recover from a mechanical failure is a bit above normal operation. I don't expect it will, but just wondered if it could recover without tail control.
No idea how you could ever test that.


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PostPosted: Thu 16. Jun 2022 6:39:17 
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For full control of the movement of the heli you need all the controls to work. Otherwise it will never work.

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PostPosted: Sat 16. Jul 2022 16:11:31 
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I have experienced this exact issue. I had the tail fail in flight, and by using rescue repeatedly while also "sort of auto rotation" down by turning off the motor I was able to "crash gently". The Gaui X3 was rotating but he cyclic was flat. If I was better at the auto-rotation I might not have broken the skids, but given what would have happened before having rescue this was a win.


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PostPosted: Sat 16. Jul 2022 16:17:53 
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Bladecrasher wrote:
I have experienced this exact issue. I had the tail fail in flight, and by using rescue repeatedly while also "sort of auto rotation" down by turning off the motor I was able to "crash gently". The Gaui X3 was rotating but he cyclic was flat. If I was better at the auto-rotation I might not have broken the skids, but given what would have happened before having rescue this was a win.


I also crashed the X3 :lol: Gotta watch that tail on the X3. The skids are really weak; attach them with zip ties instead of screws. They last longer.


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