Written by Chris Mulcahy
RC Helicopters
Column
As seen in the February 2018 issue of Model Aviation.
There are no two ways about it—crashing stinks. Some of us like to dive right in and start stripping a helicopter apart, while others like to shelve the project until the aggravation from crashing has worn off.
Whichever way you deal with it, we all end up having to examine the machine to see what’s broken and needs to be replaced. There are the obvious parts, of course: blades, main shaft, head spindle, etc. But are there things that we should be checking that…