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Main Discussion > What do YOU do to prevent mechanical failures?

The_Dave
Veteran
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

In flight failures

Virtual1,

You must WANT an inflight failure. I would remove the ZIP ties pronto or you will end up with a cut wire and no gyro (I assume that is the gyro mounted behind the main mast??).

You can fly without a gyro right?

Mark McAlpine - 2005 - We will never forget.

03-13-2002 Over year old.

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1UP
Key Veteran
Location: Claymont DE.

EVEN YOUR CAT KNOW TO TAKE THE PLUG OUT BEFORE STARTING THE HELI !!!! how many time have you forgot it

james

JAMES
member of the HOT GIRLS thread
If it's worth doing, then it's worth over doing

03-13-2002 Over year old.

Alan Szabo Sr
Key Veteran
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

zip ties

I double that with The_Dave. Zip ties can and will cut thru the soft plastic coating wire bundle. An alternate is waxed chord tie. Check your local Avionics shop at any airport. Im sure they will give you about 10 yrds which will last you a life time.

03-13-2002 Over year old.

Virtual1
Senior Heliman
Location: Waterloo, Iowa - USA

The wire ties are just there to bundle things, they're not strapping it down drum-tight. The wires actually looked willing to stay where they were, but I didn't want anything trying to creep up around the main gear or pulleys.

My mechanic is not always so helpful. He just took my tube of JB Weld and punched two holes in it, vampire style. Grrr....

03-13-2002 Over year old.

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Zxyxx
Senior Heliman
Location: Anaheim

Hover?

Avro: To fly is DEVINE but to hover is BORING!

03-13-2002 Over year old.

Shodon
Heliman
Location: Charlotte, NC

DId you machanic CATch any problems with your heli?

03-15-2002 Over year old.

Virtual1
Senior Heliman
Location: Waterloo, Iowa - USA

no, but he chewed on my antenna last night... grrrr

03-15-2002 Over year old.

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Virtual1
Senior Heliman
Location: Waterloo, Iowa - USA

In the "inspection" picture he's actually working on the cord to my muffler plug, but ya, for some reason he is very determined to eat my helicopter. I've told him over and over again it's not made of cat food, but do you think he listens?

The other day he tried to eat a tube of JB Weld. That cat's got issues, and I bet indigestion too. I secretly wished he had found the bottle of superglue instead, that would have cut down on his helicopter nibbling for a few days at least.

03-15-2002 Over year old.

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ed vega
Key Veteran
Location: nyc, queens

virtual1, have the same grey tabby as yours, and yes she does like to inspect the heli's in my room for those pesty little mouse freeloaders ..

she was checking the cg of the heli .. had one of them decide to camp out inside the canopy .. no wonder it was nose heavy! hehe ..

03-15-2002 Over year old.

Virtual1
Senior Heliman
Location: Waterloo, Iowa - USA

heh... I wonder if anyone has placed a pilot cage in their heli and flown around with like a mouse/hamster or something for a live pilot? On a guess I'd say somebody out there must have tried it. That'd be an interesting thing to see. It'd certainly increase the difficulty factor of holding a steady hover...

03-15-2002 Over year old.

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BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

What Do You Do?

Well, I don't think I want to be scraping mouse poop from my electronics any time soon--

So I will leave the live ones on the ground.