Check out the RC helicopter here: bit.ly/3v1Q8fl Learn more about Camp AMA here: www.amaflightschool.org/campama A nice slice of humble pit was delivered during this video when Nate had a brutal rc helicopter crash with the Blade 230 S Smart RTF rc heli. He was progressing so well with his rolls out of safe, and then out of no where he hit the ground. He was so bummed, but its part of the hobby. Progress was made and we cannot wait to see him behind the sticks of another RC heli soon. Disclosure: This description box contains affiliate links. Check out the Blade 230 S RTF heli here (as seen in video): bit.ly/3v1Q8fl Check out the Blade 230 S BNF here: bit.ly/3sqYECv Learn more about Camp AMA here: www.amaflightschool.org/campama The products in this video are rated for ages 14+. Support TheRcSaylors Patreon & Stickers | www.patreon.com/TheRcSaylors Merch | www.thercsaylorsyt.com/shirts Mail | 1140 Carter Ave, P.O. Box 361, Ashland, Kentucky 41101 Social Media TheRcSaylors Shorts | bit.ly/3rN37xp Facebook | facebook.com/thercsaylors Instagram | instagram.com/thercsaylors Twitter | twitter.com/thercsaylors Vlog and Live Channel | kzfaq.info SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Doug Dahlheimer, Eddy Sinclair, Gary Zion, Haar Bear, Jake Barnes, Jamey Crowl, Jason day, Jeff Buys, Jesper Larsen, john love, john salt, Jose Valentin, Kent Barnes, Matt Reetz, Michael Schouten, Raymond Hausele, RC HOOLIGANS, Richard Higginson, Ron Erickson, Ryan Alexander, Terry Kellogg, Bill Conradi, Brian Buckstiegel, Brian wehrley, charles foster, Chris Hamlett, Chuck R, and David Chenzoff #rcplane #rcairplane #rc

You were so cool and calm during and after the crash. I applaud you and Abby. A true learning video. I love this channel.

I got this heli and it's great! I love the size and the 3 modes, SAFE, Intermediate & Expert. The "Oh Crap" button comes in handy while learning too!

I literally just bought the Fusion 360! Its an Awesome Heli as is this! With Heli's though Nate, you gotta get back on the horse! If my Parky brain can do it, so can you :)

Tis the way of RC Heli's. This is why, whenever I need to practice something, I power through the crashing phase with an XK K110. Well, at least you have something etched in your mind that will move you to check the battery a little sooner in the future. That's a good thing.

I have been learning to fly RC helicopters over the last two years. The Blade 230S is a great little helicopter to learn all of the orientations. Learning to fly RC helicopters is all about getting a lot of stick time in different orientations. It looks like you are having fun and I hope you keep at it. It is so rewarding each time you master a new orientation or maneuver! Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming!

Great advice. Always try things outside of your comfort zone. You shouldnt expect expert results. Even the pros have an off day! Always a pleasure! Keep'm Come'n you 2!💪

I have had the blade 130s 230s and recently put blade 330s in airwolf fuselage.. Wish i could put a pic in this message.. But Nate!!! the blade 150s power and size and it can maneuver better than the rest with safe select.. Give it a shot! I think you will love it!

Well done 👍👍👍

WHAT goes up MUST come down! Sorry it was your turn Nate!! It LOOKS a little bit like a FISH now!! GREAT job Saylors...it was FUN while it lasted!! 💟👍😘

Small tip in 3-D mode go negative pitch when upside down keep you from Dropping altitude

You do everything you can to avoid a crash but the truth is, crashes happen..that's how we learn and progress. Besides, making repairs can be another FUN part of the hobby! I wish they had more 'build to fly' or 'build to run' kits available!

All good Nate. You're not flying if you're not crashing at some point. Nice video. Fix and repeat. My 120s is in a few pieces now waiting for parts. Lol.

You're not bad Nate! I think you just got into that side slip orientation and if I crash, that's how I crash too. Good job!

You need to get the OMP Hobby M2

Cool side rolls! Keep pushing your comfort zone, Nate.

Love you guys keep up the great positive vibes and awsome videos.

Dude such a bummer, but you are getting better, we'll see you flying her again real soon. Thanks for sharing. Hi to you too Abby, great camera work...you're a pro videographer

This is great every time I watch it! I'm learning to fly 230s myself...You guys are awesome!

Keep at it Nate, you were doing great! Definitely good practice to keep the rotor head up when you're approaching low batt

Abby and Nate y'all rock! Love the channel and content! I'm here for the algorithm! Peace

Amazingggggg the rc choppers today.I started out with the Heliboy and then the Kaven Jet Ranger.

Same happened to mine... I just bent it back and it worked ever since

Helicopters are awesome 👏

Huge KUDOS for getting out in front of KZfaq and out of your comfort zone. Nicely done!

Thank you for being open about life and good choices in life, not only in RC but the important stuff to. 👍

Hey this is a really great video! It's so nice to see somebody real out there that enjoys his Hobby. This hobby is oh so addicting, that's the exact same thing I'm doing I'm progressing with this blade I really enjoy it oh, and I'm going to learn to fly it like a pro. You guys are doing great keep up the good work I love your show

I’ve broken the tail boom twice on my 230S. I solved that problem by making my own tail boom from an aluminum arrow I purchased for $5. It’s much stronger than the stock one.

I'm commiserating with you. I bent the tail boom on mine, along with breaking the swash linkage and the tail rotor. I have the parts, but still haven't put it all back together yet.

Love the heli content. One thing that helped me with my heli flying is practice on a simulator. It doesn't give you the same 'feel' as a real heli, but can help with practicing moves, etc.

It happens bro! I fly helicopters and I’ve broken many! Love that you’re trying! 👍🏻

My tail boom looked the same . put in a vice and straightened it out . flies fine .

Good job

You are braver than me. I gave up on helicopters a long time ago, lol. I am glad the FPV quads came along. Keep it up though, I want to see a full routine in a few weeks ;-)

All good Nate . I’ve crashed 💥🚁 my 230s several times. You can probably bend the tail boom back to almost normal or just grab a new gear and tail boom for less than $25 . Can’t wait to see the redemption flight . Keep flying.

Good evening great video nice review cool helicopter

That thumbnail is hilarious!!!

Nice, all part of the fun and sounds like your wife is having just as much fun 😀

Nice flying! I put a microheli carbon fiber tail rotor on my 230s and the tail holds so much better and fly’s more stable overall, happy flying 🚁😊

Two small tips from someone in exactly that position a couple of years ago.. 1. A decent sim will save you a lot of money…I didn’t use one I went the hard route too…but if you don’t put the hours in on the sim you gotta accept the crashes when you step out of your comfort zone…and they will be frequent. 2. I’ve mentioned it on another video but if you can find yourself some long grass to fly over (I mean knee high or above) you’ll also save yourself a lot of money.. RC helis are the ultimate challenge in RC…In terms of co-ordination they are one of the hardest things you can do full-stop. Great job on the loops tho…takes a lot of people a long time to get as far as that !! 👍😊

Sounds good

Nate do you have real flight? That is what really helped me make the jump out of safe. I’m only barely 8 months in and I never fly in safe now. Someone told me to get out of safe asap. And I listened and I’m grateful.

If you bind it to an nx you can switch on safe for stunt 1 so there's not such a big power drop.

Nate keep ya head up, Helis are very hard and a huge learning curve. Crashes will happen but you was doing great and sometimes crashing is part of our learning. Hopefully a fairly easy fix up and cost and get it back in the air. Take your time and grasp the basics so you get comfortable with the copter then let her rip bud. You got this.

It has the tiniest little chopper sound to it ....it's almost like Stuart Littles personal chopper lol

Its all good Nate because stuff happens !

thats an awesome copter 😀 mate thats unlucky with crash bro👌😀😀

That is a great helicopter. It doesn’t look to bad. I have disintegrated mine a few times and rebuilt them. I have the original one and this newer model. Always an adrenaline rush.

You guys should check out the Dji robomaster s1 great fun

What camera are you using?

lol, that was awsome!!!

Well done for flying heily u did a fine job very tidy tricks 😎😎👍👍hope there was not much damage to it 🤞🤞🤞👍👍

Omg hey guys I’m one of your biggest fans 😃

When I wrecked my "Revolution" helicopter in 1981, I took my bent tail boom to the local music shop. They have a tool for fixing children's bent horns, and he got it nice and straight. Flew it much longer.

Keep it up! Real life is not as easy as hitting the reset button in RCFS. Practice makes perfect.

Heli's are crazy hard.... I have tired , Ill master planes first then try heli's again lol

Which one is the GPS version you mentioned?

You are brave!

Tried them myself. Just a bit of a handful. Started with an American Mantis Nitro. Really old school.. Thank you anyway, but I will stick to fixed wing. Have a Great Day, ooops. Back to the repair shop.

Im not a great heli pilot either. I feel like they get taken over by skynet sometimes and there is nothing you can do to keep them from crashing. Fun video as always you two. If I ever have 1/10th of the impact you guys have on the hobby I will die a happy man!

I just nosed mine into the ground too. I was inverted and went to rotate out of it and well I pulled the stick back and not forward. Lol. I’ll post the vid and tag you in it on TikTok. It happens. Just stay out of safe and you’ll get there man.

Nate and Abby I just got off the phone with Bob and horizon hobby real nice gentleman and got the glider that you had flown a while back wish I would have got it done it more expensive now looking forward to flying recliner see how long I can stay in the air

Man I know jack about helis but I wonder if that main gear didnt fail while you were doing the flip,the way it came down didnt look like a battery failure?

Bummer! I've bent plenty of those aluminum tail booms. Easily replaceable though. No worries.

Get on the sim and practice with the Helicopters and 3D flight. Changing the D/R expo, and throttle curve on sim is very important.

I flown my Blade 230S 4 times and I've ordered replacement parts FOUR TIMES! "Oh Learning, how fun and expensive you can be!" 🤑👍

Turning it side on for the camera was a bad idea, orientation is always one of the most tricky parts to heli flying until you are really good. I can fly an rc helicopter about without crashing, but still have not attempted a roll or flip on my IC couple (old Raptor 50 and a T-Rex 600 FBL), although I have done them on electric (sometimes you get away with it, but it doesn't look that bad at all, nice). Love your vids! I haven't tried on the IC ones because they are big and scary, lol and bigger flies better but crashes harder 🙂 Also I don't think you got it to full safe mode, maybe the setting below that and also maybe battery, hard to tell. Good stuff, rebuild and try again!

Nate , replace or at least check your feather shaft . They always bend when you have a blade strike even if you didn't brake your main blades. Main shaft is probably bent as well as gears stripped. ⚙️ time to do a full rebuild. Just a note. The bigger they are the easier they are to fly. Just cost more to repair. A 500 or 600 will seem insane but it will fly soooo smooth and solid. Good luck.

Good for you for wanting to push yourself. Keep trying, and don't ignore those battery warnings!

I still have the Blade 230s v2, 150s, 130s and still to afraid to fly any of them.

I don't think that really is the best beginner helicopter. 🚁💥🔥 You did well flying! Good thing it crashed over grass.

thats what makes helis so addictive for me the desire to make a flight look good and its fun to''''you will make it and the 230 is easy to fix ,i know they ;look bad after a crash ...but i learned before any type of safe and fix and fix lol ,,the bl2 will get you where you want to be ..the 230 is good to learn to fly but not to do tricks the bl2 is a better 3d trainer

You should probably try to use Rescue instead of flipping it back to SAFE mode. My very first attempt at flying inverted was on the first version of this heli and it saved my heli and made me come back for more. I have really good memories of this heli and always think I should buy another one just so if I go to a demo at a school or for the boy scouts or something to just show what a small, affordable, complete first time helicopter looks like.

I have the 230SV2, just not the smart version like your new one. I'm pretty sure your crash wasn't a battery failure, I'm guessing when you flipped back to "Safe" you actually put the switch in the middle position and not all the way down to full safe. The middle position if for stunts, but, at a lower head speed and slightly more docile. I've made bigger mistakes while losing orientation, and at lower altitudes, but, safe took over and saved my 230s just fine every time. You had plenty of altitude and battery for the save, also, that particular maneuver was not very aggressive, it was well within safe-modes ability. I could see by how the heli slide out of the sky that it wasn't in safe mode. Anyway, as always, excellent video, y'all give such good information in such a nice way. I just made a move up to the Blade Fusion 360 Smart, the maiden flights will be later today. I'll still be flying the 230s, it's an amazing helicopter. Oh, did you make it to the Joe Nall Fly-in ?

I reckon SAFE had gone out of calibration during the earlier part of the flight whilst you were in unstabilised mode. In SAFE, mine starts to drift until I run out of cyclic movement to correct it whereupon it drifts away out of control and crashes. It seems to be a common problem which is not recognised by everyone, who assume it is their fault. I think this is what happened to you.

Dang hate it ran out of battery and caused the crash. Its not to awfully bad though. Probably just a gear and tail boom. You could probably bend it back pretty straight if ya ya really wanted to. Looked like it flew petty stable. Cool vid guy's. 🔥👍

everytime he says "I hope I don't crash" boom lol just kidding.

For real I bought an fpv drone wacked off the vtx the first day. These things need pratice.

I converted this 230s fuselage to fly it exclusively FPV in my channel. I never learned how to fly line of sight.

when are you guys gonna get the OMP M1? I have been flying mine for a while now and I still highly recommend it. Or maybe get the M2 even, it's literally just a bigger copy of the M1, the M2 V2 that is, not the original.

With helis,if you know it's going down for sure,always hit your throttle hold! It will save on parts,trust me!

Nate, parts and rebuild are easy. There is a dude "Gods Country Archery" has an awesome set-up video for the 230S Smart. I used his video for all the mechanical stuff. Also, the RTF is ok for this bird, but get Dx6e or better for the forward programming and custom stuff. But you already knew this...lol.

Your battery didn't die... When you switch back to safe , all the trims are WAYY off. You CAN NOT switch between modes while mid maneuver. Regardless of what spectrum/eflight says. Also the save (bind) button RTF no work like the Chinese ones. I have this exact heli and it's updated and a bought the tool to update the controller and esc/receiver thing. And no matter what you switch mid manuve be prepared to fight trim and try to switch out and back when it's slightly more level OR if trim to far out and it's doing what it did to you. JUST HIT THE KILL then collective. If the motor can slow enough before hitting the ground the damage will be minimal ( the finger things on the rotor head ) Fun ( positive ) fact. They will still fly with a bent tail AND will fly well in wind In Safe mode, It's impressive Also the smaller ones are better. The really small older one is Amazing. But buy a backup control board, and like 2 tail booms :-) :-)

Yeah, the aftermath looks very familiar. Hey, thank you for praising the Lord despite the mishap--great testimony!

Just got one for myself.

A tree strike bent mine. A T-6 aluminum boom and struts fixed mine.

my question to you is why do you think it did not level itself with safe engaged?… From what I could tell you had already engaged safe stabilization for leveling well before it crashed… You can see the helicopter was close to being level and then did a left bank and that it should not have done in safe… So what do you think happened ?… PS your videos are cool and one last thing I do not believe this was a battery issue. So why did not stabilize in safe mode…?

Just before crash you were in "nose-in" orientation. Do you have nose-in skills?

Great fun...you bent it...,😂

Yes anything that flies does have an expiration day. And you guys are so cool. Better every time. Hang on. The intro for this video looks like a bent carrot commercial

Well that hurt. Spare parts are good.

that definitely did not look like a battery issue. First off so much for safe technology . Simply lost orientation and wasted a valuable second or even two thinking safe mode might help. Should have just stayed on the sticks you may have gotten out of it. Anyway as usual great video I hope you fix it and see you back in the air

Bend it back and send it!

Don't feel too bad about your crash!! When I crashed my 230s, I crashed, "tail first!", on "Idle-up!" Speed into the grass at a low level height! Bent the tail boom in half!!

For all you guys that want helicopter contact, my channel is 99% helicopters and minimum two videos a week. Now Nate, I highly highly highly recommend you learn the boring orientation, practice your nose and hover left and right over tailing over once you can do that perfectly and I mean perfectly practice forward flight back-and-forth circuits left and right. It takes months to master a helicopter just to fly upright normal. It is boring and it takes a while but it makes you 100 times better pilot. Helicopters are the hardest part of this hobby and not for everyone but more rewarding. Now I highly recommend that you check and replace the main shaft and feathering shaft on that 230, I will guarantee you one if not both are bent.

You should fly on a sim.

I'm a helicopter guy ....I wish the was a RAH 66 COMANCHE KIT I COULD BUY

I find helicopters fun because they are hard. I've trashed a couple. Keep practicing and you'll be able to move up to a 700 size in no time.

oh noooo.

I miss flying my 3d helis had scale and stunt but crashes are inevitable when u like to push the limits gets $$$