Check out the RC Helicopter here: bit.ly/3Kd9kxh LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS HERE: join.modelaircraft.org/rc-saylors/ This is our most expensive RC helicopter crash ever. This insane $700 rc helicopter crashes on takeoff. This is the Fly Wing UH-1 V3 rc heli. Upon reviewing everything we still have no idea why this failure occurred. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Disclosure: This description box contains affiliate links. Check out the RC Helicopter here: bit.ly/3Kd9kxh LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS HERE: join.modelaircraft.org/rc-saylors/ 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!! Jesper Larsen, john salt, Jose Valentin, Michael Keller, Michael Schouten, RC HOOLIGANS, Richard Higginson, Robert Sanges, Ryan Alexander, Terry Kellogg, The Brennan's, Bob Hardy, Chris Hamlett, Chuck R, David Chenzoff, dmilbrandt, Doug Dahlheimer, erik palmberg, Gary Zion, Haar Bear, Jason day, and Jeff Buys #rchelicopter #rcheli #crash

For all new to helis: You should mount the tail rotor without the main blades and verify you can yaw the heli correctly on the ground and also that the gyro corrects in the right direction. To test the gyro hold the heli in such a way that you don't get hit by the tailblades and yaw the heli by physically moving it. You should feel it resist the yaw. If the gyro accelerates the yaw then the correction is backwards.

Please keep this video on youtube and never take it off because of pressure from the company or anyone. $700 is a lot of money people have to spend their saving to get this helicopter. As buyers, we deserve to know the quality of the product we purchase, especially at this HIGH price.

GLAD you never took this down. Long time FW user. This V3 Huey got absolutely DESTROYED in the comments section of the product showcase video by MotionRC. I mean nuke'd..so bad that they REMOVED the video a week later. I wonder if A) FW asked them to remove it or B) its because they are seller of them. Good to see there is someone who still has some kind of a moral compass in this day and age.

I am no heli expert but it looks like the tail motor was wired in the wrong direction. The good news is that you can learn from every crash. I think in the future it might make sense to test the motor direction before installing the main blades. I know how bad it can feel but don't be discouraged. The factory should have made sure the wires were right for the tail motor but it doesn't hurt to check. BTW, my hindsight is 20/20.

Don't worry. You did everything right. The tail motor failed. Not your fault. I own several Flywing FW450Ls. I own that one and crashed several of them. Flywing has quality control issues. I fly them often and have crashed several times due to manufacturers defects. No worries. All you could do is flip the off switch once back down. I crashed the Bell 206 when gps failed. I delayed a second to flip that switch too. Still repairing it now. No worries.

I did not see you do any pre-flight checks. Most important is to check the response of the gyro - in your case its looks like you had the tail response reversed. You also need to check the gyro response for aileron and pitch. Again, its absolutely the most important thing when maidening a helicopter of this size.

Dude, gotta be careful. As an insurance professional, AMA is an excess policy not primary. You fly into something or blow someone's car up, it's your homeowners, umbrella or whatever policies you may have first, not the AMA.

It was definitely a teal rotor issue. Whether it was installed backwards at the factory or the motor was turning it the wrong way that’s what made it spin out of control.

Guys don’t worry about the negative comments as you know everybody’s a EXPERT on the comments!! I’m glad you all didn’t get hurt, glad you’ve brought this to light! I’m constantly emailing manufacturers to test products and always shot down. I’ve been racing cars and off road trucks for over 30 plus years and I’ve seen it all. But glad you get to make a living doing what you love which in the end is all that matters.

Tail rotor was turning the wrong way, it's motor was mis-wired. Evidence: As seen at 02:52, the tail rotor was turning the other way around. Not only because by turning the way it did it had its top blade moving forward and bottom blade moving aft (contrary to what is generally used), but especially because turning this way the blades are obviously turning backwards, i.e., the blades are advancing leading edge-first, as can be seen by the blade shape at 06:14. The tail rotor motor is wired incorrectly. To fix it: if it is a brushed motor, swap its two wires. If it is brushless, swap any two of its 3 wires. Regarding the crash itself, if you did the connection yourself, then that's that. If, however, the motor came pre-wirerd, then someone at the factory is to blame and you're in for a replacement. Here's one check that could be done prior to flying those ready-built helis for the first time: remove ALL of the rotor blades (main and tail), and briefly spin up the motors, verifying that they in fact turn in their appropriate directions. Mistakes do happen, and this simple check can save the day.

I have flown this helicopter a lot this week. You did everything correctly unfortunately looks like you had a defective one. It’s actually super fun. Whoever you got it from get a warranty and try again. If you get one that works it’s absolutely amazing.

That was a tail rotor failure i had the same problem with the fw450 the tail boom wasn't fully pushed in so the motor didn't spin.But in your case the motor was spinning so either it was going the wrong way or the motor wasn't producing enough thrust.

It seemed to behave like the tail gyro part of your flybarless system was reversed. That could be a flaw caused at the factory when they set it up. I don't believe this was pilot error, as I've seen you fly helis before with no issues.

Captain Drone is flying both the mark 1 and mark 2 versions of this drone on his channel posted today, they look pretty good in the air.

Please post a follow-up after you do the root cause analysis and if the company provides you any support. ty

Yeah it looked like the tail rotor is spinning opposite its started and stopped and then started again when you powered up. But I think it was spinning in the wrong direction. There was absolutely no tail rotor authority

Sorry for your crash. Something was defiantly wrong with the tail (not spinning or turning in the wrong direction). I’m not sure what you did or checked before this flight, but you should never take off that quickly on a maiden flight. I’ve been flying RC helis for over 30 years, and I always take off very slowly on my first flight to make sure everything is set up correctly. I will admit, I’ve had the same issue you did with 1 or 2 helis on their maidens, where I had the tail gyro correcting in the wrong direction, but I was only light on the skids when I realized it was about to spin out of control, so I could stop it before anything bad happened.

Tail rotor motor is turning in the wrong direction. Its motor is mis-wired.

I would like to know if u found out what caused this heli to go out of control and crash because im interested in puchasing one but now im scared to its alot of money for a malfunction like that

"Keep filming" best quote ever....

The Viet Cong was hiding in the grass and shot it down.

HI, engineer and private ilot here. 1:51 From plan view (i.e. from the top) the rotor is supposed to spin clockwise. In doing so, the resultant torque will try to turn the tail anticlockwise. To counteract the torque, the tail rotor must try to blow air. 0:42 from the angle of the blades, to blow air, the rotor must turn anticlockwise. However, at 2:53 we can see the tail rotor spin clockwise. So, not only the tail rotor NOT counteracting the torque, but also contributing to the torque. Therefore, this is 100% NOT your fault, but I believe the manufacturer miswired the tail rotor. This is a manufacturing defect so I think if you contact the manufacturer, they should be obliged to either repair it, or send you a new unit. Q.E.D.

I appreciate you guys showing this and glad you're both safe. You should do a follow-up to let us know how support with the company over this goes. Do you show them a video and see what they say? How do they handle the incident for customers?

I ordered one of these from RCGoing then watched your video. That made me very cautious when mine came and I started it up. Needless to say, I went super slow and double checked everything. My flight experience was far different than yours, but I have to say that your video made me go slow and do things correctly. So... from that aspect, your video had a positive impact on my experience. For years I was an editor for a couple of digital car magazines. I was always amazed by the keyboard warriors that never had anything positive to add, nor did they put out any content of their own. The people that hate on this or other planes because they aren't "real" helicopters or whatever... do nothing more than drive people away from the hobby. I appreciate that you put out content that is interesting and helpful. If it helps anyone that gets involved in the hobby to have fun... then it is worth it. Keep putting out more content. There are plenty of us that enjoy and benefit from what you do.

I think you might have missed the orientation/initialization procedure for the h1 controller. Well since it's crashed maybe you can get a kensen receiver fix it and learn the prodeure to set it up for your dsmx radio. You could also strap it down to a table ir build a test stand to confirm your setup is good. Thanks for sharing your experience. I've been looking at getting one of these myself. I've also watched John Salt's setup on the the h1 receiver with his radiomaster setup. He makes some good points.

Captain Drone KZfaq channel posted his flight video of this helicopter this morning and it sounded differently than the one you were flying. Probably doesn't mean a thing but I did notice a difference.

For the younger physics students, this is a great demonstration of Newton's 3rd law. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As an old school heli pilot. I always ensure that the servos controlling the rotors, tail, pitch and yaw are operating correctly. I also move the tail boom from side to side to ensure that the gyro is working correctly. This crash looks like a lack of power to tail rotor, or gyro error.

We are at mercy of quality control of all of these manufacturers from overseas, these things can and will happen and you took safeguards that you could take, dont beat yourself up.

The gyro tail rotor direction was backwards It was trying to compensate the wrong way. Did you verify tail rotor direction? You shouldn’t have to as a RTF but still.

My suspicion is something wrong with the tail rotor motor or ESC, and the tail rotor ESC was the source of the smoke. The battery, from what I could see in the video, did not look like it had suffered catastrophic failure. As others have said, the way it was spinning was indicative of insufficient tail rotor power to counteract the main rotor torque. When it was sitting on the ground, the friction of the skids on the pavement was enough to keep it from spinning, but when you lifted off, there was no longer any resistance.

I crashed my UMX timberX into a tree branch, where it stayed, 25ft up yesterday. Ive flown that plane 100s of times. But, stuff happens. And it seems to happen when you really don't want or expect it- like on a youtube review or while showing your dad what a good rc pilot you've become... whoops. Dad helped me get the plane down. And it's flying again- broke a wheel when the tree finally let it go. But, now it's on floats! 😊 Love your videos. Hope you get to evac some little army men out of an RC hot LZ with a Huey soon 👍

Any second part video with the aftermath on this matter? That would make an interesting video! 😁👍🏾

Boy, I’m glad I saw this, and read the comments, I was just about to pull the handle on buying this. To read that Flywing and Motion won’t cover this, can’t afford $700 defects.

Seems like something with tail was defective. I was really looking forward to see this one fly too!

Nate dont take this the wrong way as its ment as a compliment... I love how genuinely goofy, realistic, honest and how "unprofessional" you are. U represent the ppl and you make mistakes, u laugh and giggle and show the real side of this hobby, where 💩 and 😂 does happen. If i was gona spend a day flying with any KZfaqrs it would be with you and obv Captain Brian Philips 🍻

Your tail rotor was spinning the wrong direction. You have to have to make double sure with your tail rotor first before lift off. Cuz i seen that on many of helicopter crashes cuz of tail rotor was spinning wrong direction. I can see the trail prop is on correct, but the rotor is spinning wrong. The RPM speed went out of control when center rotor or tail rotor is spinning wrong way. I'm so glad you guys are okay though! I'm sorry about this helicopter 🚁

Its a scale feature you must have pressed the "mayday mayday were going down" button. Clever how they did the smoke at the end.

Hi I hope you let us Know what the seller says about it as I'm sure it was not your fault it seemed the tail dint respond to the flight ?? thanks for showing this

Nothing beats HONESTY!

Looking at the video of it starting It looked like the tail motor was going the wrong way but if that was the case I think it would have spun on the ground, but maybe the heli was very heavy and so held in place by friction. If tail motor was going the right way it will be the gyro that was set up wrong. The tail rotor is installed the same way as other reviews and looks correct to me , I think it will just be the wires were wrong on tail motor.

Like said in the comments, looks like the rotor was running backwards or the gyro was correcting in the wrong direction. Usually you can tell when it spins up, but if there is good grip on the ground it might not be obvious until its airborne. A slower lift off might have revealed it a little earlier and might have saved it. Might! Dont be hard on yourself. Also next time pull the main rotor blades and run it up to make sure the tail is correcting properly. Don't sweat it, I've screwed this up with more than 1 heli and numerous tricopters (same concept). Now whoever gets this will double check.

Elecrical failure on ESC and motor were caused from power still on when it tipped over and hit the ground and Nate you were right about everything else except not hitting kill switch other then that thank you for posting the whole video God Bless Take Care

Nate, I'm exiting the beginner phase and maturing into an intermediate pilot. What's got me there was consistent sim time. Daily if you can. It's very difficult and frustrating in the beginning but if you stick with it, you will get better. Starting out, the sim is more important than any model you buy. Get decent there first and then you'll have much better results in real life.

I suspect the tail rotor brushless motor had the connections crossed and was running backwards, it would be very inefficient and sucking instead of blowing. Throttle up it would have had no tail control. Many other videos on KZfaq show this helicopter flying really nicely. But you guys are safe, that's all that matters really.

So I checked your video against others of this same V3 UH-1, and one thing is different. At 3:06 in your video, the heli jumps sideways a little bit, and the tail rotor sound/noise goes away. In other videos, the tail rotor sound is constant after that little jump, AND you can hear the constant RPM adjustments to the tail rotor as the controller/gyro hold the heli stable. Yours NEVER does that. So for some reason the tail rotor slowed down quite a bit below what it needed to be at.... It's like the controller wasn't sending the proper signal to the tail rotor ESC.

It is very curious that the exact same thing happened with that helicopter on another rc channel, the advantage is that the other one fell on the grass and did not suffer as much damage; what this other youtuber did was reverse the propellers and the helicopter worked fine afterwards, regards.

Hey Nate and Abby! Thanks for posting this video. You guys keep it real, that's what's great about your channel! I feel your pain Nate!

Not your fault. I started helicopter flying with the small ones that are ready to fly. The experience has been very much the same as yours. Then I built my first T-Rex(450) and that's when things started to get much easier. The easiest thing to fly is my T-Rex 700 Pro HV. Built and adjusted by myself and flown on its back and loops with no effort. Believe me.... I was blown away by how much better they handle.

Mr an Mrs Nate, There are Several utubers flying this one last 90 Days. . Good case for Out of Box Bad one. Update us. If Your not Flying Nate your Not Crashing, . Good to see you Counting Your Blessings during Aftermath, Good Man.. Mrs. Abby is a blessing for sure!

Back in 2008 over the winter I built a stunt plane with a O.S. 40 on it. I have everything dialed in, go to the field do a range check with my old now 75 MHZ radio. Took off great then got weird and went straight up and straight down and disintegrated. I forgot to put my antenna out. You guys are great. Keep having fun.

I’ve watched the tail rotor spin on slow speed and then the tail rotor spin. The tail rotor is spinning in the wrong direction which means two of the wires from the motor to the esc need to be swapped to make it spin in the right direction.

Sorry man. That's heartbreaking. My guess is something with the tail rotor. The tail rotor counters the torque spin of the main rotor. And when it spins like it did, especially right after it lifted, leads me to believe it was the tail rotor.

Good thing there weren't any little plastic army men inside. 👍

Crashes suck! Crashing on youtube sucks more. Thanks for posting. Great video and many ppl have learned a lot.

Looks like tail rotor failure indeed.

Man, that was bananas. I'm glad you are both doing well. Helicopters 🚁 are so scary when they are running good. When this happens people can get injured very badly. You can so hear the disappointment and sadness in your voice. Never really heard you rattled before. Again, glad you are all ok..

Ok I can confirm your tail blade is spinning the wrong way, I played back your video in slow motion and can see the tail blade spin in the wrong direction. This means the wires on the tail motor are wrong, and this was most likely done at the factory. If anyone else watches this video please check your tail blade rotation before flight, it should spin CCW or spin up to the main blades looking from the right side of the helicopter.

Wow! I’ve been away for a while. This was a total shocker being my first video back. Thank the good Lord you were both safe from any injuries. I’m definitely not a seasoned Heli pilot, but have had a few in the air. Almost seems to me to have been a gyro or tail issue???? Never worry about other’s comments or opinions. All of those are their business. Onward and upward my friend. What a homecoming ❤. Next video please 😅 God bless.

Hmmmm, this is one of the reasons I quit flying helis...the occasional crash was usually painful in terms of damage and time to repair. It always reminded me of the sound of a cash register or ATM exploding🙂

Don't listen to 'em bro. Chit happens.... 👍

I am not an attorney and offer no legal advice. Bribe you? That concerns me from a buyer standpoint. BG no warranty. FW no warranty. No problems reported with this model. What a joke. Here is an Exagerated Example, My wife saved and saved for this helicopter. Skipped lunches etc. Got it for my birthday. Followed instructions. Crash. Wife is not happy. 700 bucks would have paid the mortgage. So do I tell the guys at the RC club? Yes. XYZ company changed my oil and did not put oil back in. Tell everyone. You bet. I own a FW450 V2 that seems fine, though I do not trust it anymore. ESC? I appreciate Honest RC reviews! Poor products turn people off to this Great Hobby. Poor products. Safety issues. With that high head speed, this malfunction could easily cause a fatality. I would do the video and expose them. Not for vengeance, but for the Honest RC reviews and SAFETY. Do the video? You bet!

Could this inspire a heli test stand build?

I’m so glad you guys are safe. That’s the most important thing. In the end, getting paid to play with toys is the life. Keep up the great work. 😊

Personally I think it was a defective helicopter, this isn't your first time flying helicopters and you know what to expect when you first take off . It was definitely a problem with the tail rotor or what device controls it. My wife and I were commenting on a video we watched yesterday and you're actually a very good pilot. You need to do another video with helicopters. Anyway have a great day, Mike from Virginia Beach Virginia

Good case for thorough pre-flight check. Even if it’s pre-assembled. Check your tail rotor direction. Hitting throttle hold in time takes practice too. Don’t beat yourself up. I like to give the rudder stick a bit of a gentle test when the heli is on the ground and light on the skids.

On the bangood site the heli tail rota is mounted on the left side, yours is mounted on the right.. This could possibly the issue.

I love this video! Thank you for sharing it.

I hope to see take 2 of this video when the manufacturer sends you a replacement!

You have nearly half a mllion subscribers to this channel which in my opininion says you are relatively well respected for your content, so when a product goes completely and spectacularly wrong on camera I would say you have a very good claim for a product not being of "satisfactory quality ,fit for any particular purpose made known to the seller, and as described".

It’s definitely not your fault. I’ve built and flown many scale helis using the Align T-rex 450 platform and I can tell you that the heli you have there is defective. For one, there was no tail authority, which is why it just went to a tail spin like that. Secondly, the throttle curve did not let you spool up smoothly enough to make sure that all of your controls are working properly before take off. Also, if you installed the main rotor blades incorrectly, that heli wouldn’t have taken off like that. I think something was wrong with the electrical system or programming on that thing. You should get your money back for that. If I was the manufacturer, I’d be embarrassed with that quality control. Those things are not cheap and I would expect more fail-safe for the price.

that tail rotor isn't just there for looks. you need to start applying counter-rotational force before the skids even lose contact with the ground. whether it's a blade or a jet of air, you have to counter the rotational torque of the main blades and motor.

Thanks for the video, and your safe to live and fly another day

Hey, I think you are a great rc pilot. Don"t bash yourself. You are only human. I learned a lot from you guys. Keep up the good work.

I wish there was another manufacturing source for a decent heli with GPS - this V3 seems to still have reliability issues. I changed my mind on buying one - too much risk. Thanks for sharing - I will never consider a Flywing product after viewing this. Same crap as the 450 V3.

Just one question were the little plastic army ground troops anywhere in the vicinity there might have been a secret strike and took down your helicopter

Capt. Drones flew great. I think someone didn't program your chopper right in China.

I thought it sounded "wongky" a second before it took off!! To me, the binding process seems more tedious than usual. I think you got a bad item!! But WOW...that was a GREAT crash!! Thanks Saylors for your HONESTY!! This one will become a CLASSIC video!! Sorta sorry about the helicopter. 💟👍😘

Always check your tail authority before collecting.

As a long time FW user, I took another close look at this one and my NTSB conclusion (haha) is that this is typical FW junk that could have killed someone. The tail rotor was spinning CW, should have been spinning CCW. The Amass connectors they use (XT30/XT60) for the ESC to the tail motor only fit one way. This tells me the lack of QC at FW struck again and the soldering was reversed.

Hey thanks for keeping the camera rolling guys. What a bummer for you Nate!. I’m sure you’ll get it next time.

Did you install your tail rotor propeller backwards? That looks ether the tail rotor was installed backwards and or the tail rotor motor leads were wired backwards. Or that is what it looks like.

Have you seen the video of this helecopter by motion rc it may explain the reason why it was unflyable .

There is no doubt that something failed on this helicopter.The blades were on right,the setup was the same as others have done on first flight.This should be replaced by the manufacturer.

I just checked mine. Looks like your tail rotor was running backwards. Manufacturers error!!

I hope you contact the company and they send you another one.i was so disappointed for you and it definitely was not your fault! Glad you both were safe.

tail motor is reversed,main blade rotates clockwise causes fuselage rotate anticlockwise, to counter that tail has to push on the other side but the reverse motor caused the system to counteract .

That was soooo fricking cool!!! At least minimal damage was done! I love ❤ watching this your videos!! 👍

It seems the tail rotor spined backward. When I watch the video, it was spinning clockwise

Hello: Your flying skills are very good, and the damage of the helicopter has been greatly reduced. Repeatedly play the video in slow motion. It may be that the tail rotor motor is reversed. Please check the rotation direction of the tail motor! If this is the case, if you buy the RTF finished version, you should be able to claim compensation from the manufacturer!

Looks like the tail rotor was wired backwards in China. Not your fault. It kept going faster and faster because it was trying to correct for the spin but being wired backwards had the opposite effect. ⚓️

Thanks for posting this, after watching & watching it sure looks like there was a problem right off the start. It started to autorotate at lift off so I'd be interested in what the manufacturer said about it, it really looks like factory defect. Hopefully you can post a follow up video to keep us updated because $700 is a lot of money for some people and your experience with it could save others from a bad situation. Have a great day you guys and keep flying.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! Thats why we cant have anything nice😂

Love ths vid. Keep giving us Crash vids. More exciting to watch!!!

What a BUMMER! Looked like a pretty decent looking model too.

Thanks for sharing ! Don’t beat yourself up we all have made mistakes . I had a nasty crash with a wooden fast boat throttle jammed and it hit the ramp and launched itself out of the water . Damaged the hull , the rudder and prop. I was gutted but after the dust settled the problem was found , corrected, boat repaired and its sailing again. Helicopters are a law unto themselves I think you were just unlucky and there was an unknown malfunction . The main thing is nobody was hurt. I enjoy the channel looking forward to next video

Obviously a tail rotor malfunction.

for a $700 THATS CRAP. plenty of cheaper rcs that have more detail. been waiting for huey rcs

Build an align 700 and use a sim everyday... It looks like a fun little heli but I think you got a bad one