Bent 450 tail shaft!

[Don Cohn]

How do you bend the tail shaft on a 450 while in flight? Tell us Dan. Inquiring minds want to know!

Don

[trexflyer02]

Heh. Imbalanced tail blades or bad bearings ...

[BPINE]

Well Don at the end of you flights try not to land on the tail in a tree !!!!!!!!

[Don Cohn]

Well Don at the end of you flights try not to land on the tail in a tree !!!!!!!!

And here I thought it had something to do with not buying and trying to fly a helicopter that is beyond your capability. Don't give away all your secrets young Blair!

Don

[BPINE]

Well Don at the end of you flights try not to land on the tail in a tree !!!!!!!!

And here I thought it had something to do with not buying and trying to fly a helicopter that is beyond your capability. Don't give away all your secrets young Blair!

Don

Well if that is the case I have a few heli's for sale !!!!!

[ke6d]

I think the material for the tail shaft was soft iron Since my Rave 450 has the tendency to commit suicide due to front bevel gear stripping in flight once in a while, I decided to try one of those 450 pro clones from Hong Kong for $110 then just move the 4S electronics over. 4S set up may be just a bit too much for the soft metal/bearings on the clone. Now I need to buy real Align parts to replace whatever turned bad after the first 5 flights That was flight # 3. I am pretty sure the heli will fly just fine after 5 flights if all the parts hold together.

I was able to land just fine even though the heli was vibrating like mad in the air. I think the shaft bent after 5 quick tail down tick tocs.