Jamie Hardie

Ahh ok, thanks Eric.  I can live with that if thats what the model is supposed to do and not some kind of sinister symptom that somethings wrong.  Thanks for putting my mind at rest.

If I can add another question to this post, when I swing the tail round with the left stick the heli looses height quite dramatically.  Is this normal?  The effect may be exaggerated as the room I have to fly in is extremely restricted. 

They are unable to do that at present.  I am going through a phase of putting toilet roll inners on thier legs and watching them wonder around for my own amusement.  As a consequence of this they seem to have lost a fair bit of thier cat-like agility.

Well, I got a new 4 in 1 box today, while I was at the model shop I took some advice from the guy behind the counter about trimming since I didnt really have a clue.  You will all be relieved to hear that she flies like a dream now, much to the horror of the cats. Thanks for the help and advice folks! 

As a further note I swapped the motor leads around to check the operation of both motors and both rotors work when plugged into the lower socket on the 4 in 1 box.  Its starting to look like it might be the box after all - anyone have a spare one kicking about they would like to sell?

I checked around the motor and everything seems ok on the surface.  I was hoping it wouldnt be the 4 in 1 as the green light comes on and stays on.  Do you know if this is a definitive indication i.e if the green light's on you're definateley ok?

Unfortunately not Timbo, rotating the blade by hand moves both the relevant cogs.

The top rotor is definately dead Eric which leads me to believe that there is either a problem with the motor or the 4 in 1 box.  I'm not sure how to diagnose this correctly without access to spare parts and money is extremely tight at the moment so I have to be certain before I order any replacements.

Yup, all her fault. Bit of an update. Tested it out and the battery seems fine as do the servos but the first time I fired it up the top rotor was spinning gently on idle. After disconnecting and trying again the top rotor does not spin at all. A new 4 in 1 box you think? Edited to say that the green light on the 4 in 1 box comes on and remains constant. 

Hehe Floats would not have helped much I'm afraid Alan.  She came spinning out of the sun (the kitchen lightbulb) with all her alarms sounding.  There was nothing that could have been done, I was grappling with the controls screaming at the top of my lungs "We're going in!! We're going in hard!!!"  when the girlfriend (who was trying to sleep at the time) came bursting into the kitchen and distracted me for those fatal final few moments.  I realised all hope of saving her had ebbed away and sank to the floor huddling the transmitter, the dog licking my ashen face.

Thanks for your replies. The lipo has not puffed up and doesnt appear to have discharged any after its little adventure.  I dont think I'll be connecting anything to anything until a little later today just to give things a chance.  There is a little water trapped under the thin plastic coating which surrounds the lipo but I'm lead to believe the actual battery units are pretty well sealed.   I did a little research and found lots of similar stories (most involving deep puddles, nothing quite as flamboyant as a washing up bowl ) and most folks report their model to be fine as long as it is left to dry for at least a day so I reckon I'll play that horrible waiting game.  At least when I was waiting for the postman to deliver it I knew I was going to be rewarded, that may not be the case here. 

Hi folks Being new to helis I just picked up a second hand twister medivac today and have been having immense fun with it.  Anyway, I have just arrived home from the pub and decided to go for a fly around the kitchen.   Unfortunately I managed to land my medivac in the washing up bowl.  (yup go on...you can laugh, its ok ) Obviously this played hell with the electrics and I managed to retrieve the heli with the rotors still spinning and refusing to stop.  I immediately disconnected the lipo.  Do you think this has ruined my model or is there a chance it may be okay once dry.  Also, how do lipos handle a good dunking in water? Any advice or general mikey taking welcome.   Thanks folks