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Old 18th Jan 2011, 23:25
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Bcopters500
 
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It looks like maybe the mast took off,they sometimes crack around the flight control support around the mast half way down and the pin wheel goes for a ride.
We had lower carriers crack back in the day and one bearing siezed on the ground,The rotor came to a standing still motion.
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