HDX 450SE v3 Broken rotor blade
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HDX 450SE v3 Broken rotor blade
Hey,
I just got the hdx 450se v3 rtf version. Unfortunatly during first idle-up run it broke a rotor blade and got ugly from there. I got lucky and was missed by the blade when it pitched. The blade is carbon fiber and it literaly riped out of the blade grip. Three flights in normal mode to set-up bird, first run-up in idle up mode and wham. The blade that came apart literaly went across shop and stuck in wall insulation, 2nd struck tail boom and battery. Broken battery mount, bent main shaft, flybar, feathering shaft, tail boom and broken rotor blades. I will try and upload some pics of damage and blade grip with rotor blade eye loop and center cord still atached. I hope this isn't a problem with HDX blades. If anyone has any info on this it would be appriciated. Hopefuly it was just a freak thing.
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I just got the hdx 450se v3 rtf version. Unfortunatly during first idle-up run it broke a rotor blade and got ugly from there. I got lucky and was missed by the blade when it pitched. The blade is carbon fiber and it literaly riped out of the blade grip. Three flights in normal mode to set-up bird, first run-up in idle up mode and wham. The blade that came apart literaly went across shop and stuck in wall insulation, 2nd struck tail boom and battery. Broken battery mount, bent main shaft, flybar, feathering shaft, tail boom and broken rotor blades. I will try and upload some pics of damage and blade grip with rotor blade eye loop and center cord still atached. I hope this isn't a problem with HDX blades. If anyone has any info on this it would be appriciated. Hopefuly it was just a freak thing.
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RE: HDX 450SE v3 Broken rotor blade
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I was checking to see where the bird was neutral lift and about 5-10 sec of idle up the rotor blade seperated at the grip. Scared the crap out of me. lucky the bird was at ground level and the battery was knocked out and killed the motor or i'm sure more damaged would of accured. I hope it was only a defective blade and not something else I am over looking.
I was checking to see where the bird was neutral lift and about 5-10 sec of idle up the rotor blade seperated at the grip. Scared the crap out of me. lucky the bird was at ground level and the battery was knocked out and killed the motor or i'm sure more damaged would of accured. I hope it was only a defective blade and not something else I am over looking.
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RE: HDX 450SE v3 Broken rotor blade
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Hey,
I just got the hdx 450se v3 rtf version. Unfortunatly during first idle-up run it broke a rotor blade and got ugly from there. I got lucky and was missed by the blade when it pitched. The blade is carbon fiber and it literaly riped out of the blade grip. Three flights in normal mode to set-up bird, first run-up in idle up mode and wham. The blade that came apart literaly went across shop and stuck in wall insulation, 2nd struck tail boom and battery. Broken battery mount, bent main shaft, flybar, feathering shaft, tail boom and broken rotor blades. I will try and upload some pics of damage and blade grip with rotor blade eye loop and center cord still atached. I hope this isn't a problem with HDX blades. If anyone has any info on this it would be appriciated. Hopefuly it was just a freak thing.
Thanks
Hey,
I just got the hdx 450se v3 rtf version. Unfortunatly during first idle-up run it broke a rotor blade and got ugly from there. I got lucky and was missed by the blade when it pitched. The blade is carbon fiber and it literaly riped out of the blade grip. Three flights in normal mode to set-up bird, first run-up in idle up mode and wham. The blade that came apart literaly went across shop and stuck in wall insulation, 2nd struck tail boom and battery. Broken battery mount, bent main shaft, flybar, feathering shaft, tail boom and broken rotor blades. I will try and upload some pics of damage and blade grip with rotor blade eye loop and center cord still atached. I hope this isn't a problem with HDX blades. If anyone has any info on this it would be appriciated. Hopefuly it was just a freak thing.
Thanks
Jim