Bad day for my N5....

[CRFan1]

First flight of the day and the thing is running perfect.  I have benn flying helis about 6 weeks and progressing well and today I got the nerve to start doing some flips.  Well...on one of my flips the motor quit inverted about 60 feet up    I got it right side up right away but i couldn't get the rotor speed up enough so it went in on the skids which was very fortunate.  In a testament to the Synergy toughness the only damage was a busted tank, landing skids, tail fin (cracked) and one elevator pitch rod.  Amazing really.  Everything else is spot on.  Easy repair.

I guess I have to learn to manage my cyclic/collective    I was at full rearward on the cyclic  and near mid on the collective when it quit.

Although truth be told this N5 I bought is a bit custom As I think it has the 700 head with 606 mains 

She will be back in action next weekend!

[Carzan]

You should look into why the engine quit. It should not have quit on you in the middle of a flight. Did it lean out before it shut down?

[CRFan1]

No it was running great.....my friend said I loaded the motor to much with the cyclic/collective which is possible I guess.  This thing has a A LOT of cyclic pitch and I may tone it down some.  I have quite a few flights on the motor and it is tuned well.

[Carzan]

  I was at full rearward on the cyclic  and near mid on the collective when it quit.

mid stick is 0 degrees collective pitch. The full cyclic should not kill your engine.

[CRFan1]

Ok....that's a good point 

[Kevin Feil]

Does that N5 have Custom Carbon Frames?? Post a Pic? Sorry to hear of the unfortunate incident. How much pitch are you running and what Engine are you using? I sold my Carbon N5 with a YS56 to a buddy of mine whom sold it not to long ago.. There is only one in existence, if you have it, it is a very strong Bird..

Best Regards,

Kevin

[CRFan1]

Don't think this has custom carbon frames?  I am running an OS 55 HZR and so far it has been rock solid......other than quitting on me yesterday 

I am running 13 degrees of pitch both ways.  There is a pic in one of my previous posts

[Richard Rollins]

I run the same engine in my n5c. The only times i had it quit was ran out of fuel or a hole or tear in my fuel line. Even when you load it up i dont see how that can kill the engine.  How was the tank pressure on the previous flights when you ended each flight?
Rick

[CRFan1]

I run the same engine in my n5c. The only times i had it quit was ran out of fuel or a hole or tear in my fuel line. Even when you load it up i dont see how that can kill the engine.  How was the tank pressure on the previous flights when you ended each flight?
Rick

Kind of my thoughts too...Tank pressure is very good.  I will be spending time looking at my tune before I get crazy with it again. 

[CRFan1]

Well, got all the parts for my N5 yesterday and finished setting her up last night    A whopping $45 repair, which is not bad for a heli that fell 50 feet out of the sky, lol!  Tomorrow I will be doing some testing and tuning and hopefully no issues.   

[Richard Rollins]

Awesome , keep us posted on how it goes.
Rick

[CRFan1]

Awesome , keep us posted on how it goes.
Rick

Hehe..well...It did not go to good.  Chalk it up to learning.    The heli was flying great for a bit but I found out what caused the initial problem and I can kick myself for not checking it in the first place    Turns out a Magnet was missing from the clutch bell and as I discovered,  without warning would jump to idle and stay a bit before going back to full speed..  Not a big deal for you experienced pilots but it caught me off guard and I had a blade strike while trying to get it down because it did it right when I was about to land and I panicked a bit.  Need blades, and a few other small things but it will be fixed pretty easily.   I am guessing this is what happened last weekend in the middle of my flip and with the load I had on it it killed the motor.  Good thing is I am learning and I won't be making these mistakes again.   

[Rodney Kirstine]

Oh bummer.   glad it wasn't worse!

[Mike Spano]

dang that stinks man! triple check everything this go around! you will get it, and you will fall in love with this bird. a great bird to get comfortable with and learn on!

[CRFan1]

Thanks Guys!  Believe me...I am checking everything, haha.  Oh and I know this bird is awesome because I got around 8 flights on it before the issue last weekend (probably when I lost the stupid magnet, lol).  The tricky part is this is not a stock N5.  It has the E6 head, main shaft and tail boom (stretched) and I am running 606mm Rails, etc.   It flies awesome though.