Thursday, July 3, 2008

Flight Chronicles - Dissappointment

Wow, it has been a while since I have taken the heli out. I sure hope I remember how the controls work when I finally do. Hopefully it will be just like flying a bike.

I stopped by the hobby store a few days ago to get the spare parts for my heli, hoping to get it out soon. I really needed new landing gear so I grabbed them. I figured it would be nice to have a new battery hanger as well, half of mine is missing. I figure it is out in the yard somewhere. Unfortunately the hobby shop did not have a battery hanger. I figured I would get along with out it. I got home with my shiny new landing gear, stripped the heli down and started the repair. Turns out, there is a small hub on each side of the main chassis that the front section that the landing gear mounts to. It was broken off on both sides, so unfortunately, it is still grounded. I have most of the parts, and I will get the rest shortly, so in the mean time I will half to pass the time playing catch with the dog.

Until the parts arrive,

-JbJ

5 comments:

Keith K. said...

fail

Unknown said...

Its ok JBJ, we all respect you even though your helicopter is broken...

Unknown said...

I take back what I said.

Unknown said...

Have the parts arrived yet???/

Jim said...

No parts. I have yet to order them. I was out in the yard the other day and happened to run across a piece of my battery hanger and a screw though. A few toothpicks and some duct tape and I think I may be able to MacGyver this thing back together.