Not a good morning!

[Steve Colman]

I hadn't flown my HK Auto G2 for a while so decided to give it a go this past weekend. However, minor things like the prerotator flexible drive not working properly and unfavourable flying conditions resulted in a few tumbles during take off attempts and a broken rudder.

 

So, I spent yesterday fixing the problems and went to the field this morning hoping to get a few flights in but things didn't quite go to plan as the attached pics will testify.

 

All the electronics are fine and I have spare masts, heads, main rotors and other bits and pieces to put together another apart from the fuselage but, I could scratch build something from balsa/ply so not all is lost. Perhaps this will be a good option as I was using the Auto-G2 as my trainer before moving on to something like Richard Harris's Gyroo or Atom which I have the parts and plans for.

 

First pic from last time the G2 was flown - following pics from today

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

[Stephen Jones]

You can fix it 👍.

I bought my Auto G second hand and in that same condition.

 

I made the motor mount like this.

And glued it all back together used one large servo for the head and used the Atom blade set and delta plate.

If you decide to scrap it then I would highly recommend building the Gyroo.

 

Steve

[Steve Colman]

Thanks for your reply Steve,

 

Tomorrow I will assess the fuselage damage fully; it still resides in the back of the car. If I can repair it I will but there seems to be many twisted and mangled pieces of foam it may not be worth it. I don't want to abandon it completely as I have many spares I bought from HK when they were still available a few years ago (but no fuselage) but, a new fuselage shouldn't be too difficult to construct so I might explore this route to begin with.

 

If I do I think I'll ditch the pre-rotator completely and perhaps opt for one larger servo to replace the current two for simplicty as you have done. I do have some home made delta plates with alternative rotor blades which I've used with succes on the Auto-G before.

 

If none of the above goes to plan the Gyroo will certainly be top of the list to replace it, perhaps followed sometime later with the Atom.

 

I really do like the quirkyness of auto gyros and intend to always have at least one or two in the hangar.

 

Steve.

 

 

[Steve Colman]

After a few days doing some repair work this is how the G2 looked this morning at the field.

I feel happier now. 😄

 

Test flight to follow soon I hope.