skom80
Flight lieutenant
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Post by skom80 on Apr 17, 2010 18:08:58 GMT 1
third flight on a new cub and as i'm landing the throttle stuck wide open and would not come down...i was forced to just fly out the battery...so of course when i got it down the main board was fried...but i just called horizon hobby and they are sending me a new one no questions asked...thats the tip...has anyone had this happen to them yet  p.s i hope the motor isn't fried as well... |
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Post by flydiver on Apr 17, 2010 18:54:38 GMT 1
The motor won't be fried-hard to hurt those things that way (crashes are different).
Failure rate on the 'black box' has been high(er)since they went to lipo. They did NOT redesign the ESC/BEC to handle the increase in volts/amps and it was already close to the limit. With lipo some units are PAST the limit. Consistent with HZ behavior in the past, I predict they will replace faulty units and not fix the basic problem.
I have NO IDEA how they can continue to recommend the old stock 10x8 for floats. Seems like a guaranteed melt down to me.
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Post by coupe1942 on Sept 8, 2013 0:46:03 GMT 1
Just checking out my thought process, so are you saying that the stock prop would be more appropriate for use with the floats? It is sort of funny, as I was just thinking about asking that very same question on the board today, as I had seen someone mention the use of a larger prop with floats. I don't recall if I saw that on the instructions or instructional videos about floats, but I know I heard it somewhere.
Thanks.
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p.s i hope the motor isn't fried as well...
