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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!heimdall!sgidq4!dqwelch
- From: dqwelch@sgidq4.sdrc.com (Mike Welch)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: out of control!
- Message-ID: <235@heimdall.sdrc.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 19:22:23 GMT
- References: <1hnbe4INNhmb@austin2.hal.COM>
- Sender: news@heimdall.sdrc.com
- Organization: SDRC
- Lines: 26
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- In article <1hnbe4INNhmb@austin2.hal.COM>, chenq@hal.COM (QiFan Chen) writes:
- |> I own a Airtronics Fm 4 ch. radio (Tx and Receiver) and have used it on a
- |> gentle-lady ship for a while. This Sunday, the radio failed just I tossed the
- |> plane out on a slope. I observed that the fin and the elevator kept in the
- |> neutral position in the air. They did not respond to Tx stick movement at all.
- |> I did check the radio and tested the servos before the launch.
- |>
- |> The plane crashed landed. I was lucky as the damage to the plane is minimal
- |> and nobody was hurt.
- |>
- |> I examined all the connections and the radio after the crash and found nothing
- |> abnormal. In fact, I flew the plane for a little while afterwards. It was
- |> perfect.
- |>
- |> Question:
- |>
- |> Does anybody have the similar experience ? with a Airtronics or a Futaba Radio?
- |>
- |> What could possibly caused the failure? Any weak points inside the Tx and
- |> receiver ? Interference?
- |>
- |> Anysuggestions as how to prevent this from happening?
-
- I had a similar experience with a Chuperosa and a high start. Mine was easy
- to solve. The next time I launched, I turned the reciever on. Everything was
- fine after that.
-