controls quit working in midair

[colvid]

Took SC up to fly fairly large circles as I am new and still learning.
(6 flights straight and no crashes, until today.) Gained altitude and banked right nicely but second bank there was no response and it nosed dived into the ground.

Checked the AA batteries in the TX and they all showed 1.36 volts. Did a range check by placing the plane about 50 or 75 feet away with the TX antennae NOT extended and used binoculars to check and the controls worked fine.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Larry

[flydiver]

First suspect would be an electrical connection-specifically until proven otherwise the Tamiya connection. They are poor. Get Deans' ultra and learn to solder. Look through the forum-lots of posts on just this problem.


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[duck9191]

^^ yep i had that happen when i first got my cub, it was in the middle of a tight turn, lucky it just spiraled down. deans are much better and safer.

[keya]

happened to me too, thank god it landed softly in a pine tree no damage

[mararra]

OK, piling on.....put on some Deans! ;D

[duck]

I tried the deans,

Don't like em
too much hassle to solder properly.

I scrapped those and went with e-flite EC3 connectors.
Muxh easier to solder, and a good solid connection rated for 60 amps

[flydiver]

Those should be fine. Deans are more common but soldering issues are not uncommon.
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