Come on Scott, you're milking this for all it's worth. You must have been fairly mooving to crash that bad. I herd that you'll have to buy an udder wing. I could go on
Seriously, one little thing that I do when it comes to these little LM plugs is brush a bit of PlastiDip onto the connector once it's plugged in. I find it's great for keeping things solid and a bit of extra security, but if you want to remove it you can peel it off without too much bother.
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
Igor Sikorsky - "Gentlemen, there will come a time in your career when you discover that the facts and the theory do not agree. At all times, I urge you to respect the facts!"
+1 on Pooch!
I do the same but use hotglue.
Sorry to hear (and see the damage) Scott but I'll cheer you up with the ol'
"That shit'll buff out" but the piss on the other hand.....
I warn you ... next time I land it will be closerThe little you know is too much already. - Whakahere
I feel Bullied. - FPVSam
Yeah I was in a bad mooo yesterday - being from Wisconsin LOL (Milking it, get it? LOL)
I need to build another GoPro box, and do the front end, cracks are 100% repaired, plus I'll use some fiberglass packing tape over the main spare when it's done.
Pooch - If I were to use the old Lawmate, which has gone far and has GREAT video, I'll epoxy the damn thing in so there will be no removing it
KF7TRX
It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first - Myamoto Musashi
"Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills"- Author unknown
Originally Posted by c5galaxy engineer
Scotttu: I have a few FPVLab stickers for you and some monopoles if you need them.
Yepper - but I do have two left, I put them in a book because they got crumpled in my bag so I'm good, just need to get Dave from l-com to send a couple more l-com decals (I owe him for the low-loss cable!)
Funny addition to this story, when I took the motor off the prop almost FELL off, I had put it back on adn tightened it but not near as tight as when I usually do. My theory is that I hit the cow (1/2 throttle all the way in) the prop stopped and basically unscrewed itself because the motor came off at impact...
KF7TRX
It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first - Myamoto Musashi
"Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills"- Author unknown
Man, sorry to hear of the crash. What did the cattle owners say specifically and how did you approach them?
What a followup to the dog pack crash as well where they got lose into your landing zone
Last edited by CaliDave; 12th August 2012 at 06:48 PM.
I waved from about 50' out and they said "Go on in and get it - just close the gate when you leave..."
However, as the cow was chewing on the zeph I yelled at the farm hand guy and warned of the batteries so he chased the cows off for me.
Mama cow didn't like me and she made it pretty clear.
But then I went back for the Carbon fiber control rod, then realized the TB69 was nowhere to be found so I went back in (Owner says "Oh for heavens sake") - and it was sitting on the edge of a cow patty..
Dried cowshit is hard to get off, requires an exacto knife...
My motor mount is soaking in a bucket of water now LOL
SO Dave said he has footage of the area, I can print out an 8x10 aerial and send to them for letting me recover it.
KF7TRX
It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first - Myamoto Musashi
"Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills"- Author unknown
Oh man! :-( Would love to have seen the footage. Did you try that recover trick someone previously posted? Glad it seems repairable.
No it just di dn't get written to disk and battery separated at impact (From the gopro - battery cover broke)- was pretty violent.
The nice thing about cowcrap is that it's soft, no damage to lenses...the electronics test vid I posted is post crash post clean-up
KF7TRX
It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first - Myamoto Musashi
"Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills"- Author unknown
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