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Post by kenninny on Apr 13, 2014 15:00:48 GMT 1
Weather finally was nice so off I went perfect flight, perfect landing, and what did I do? like a dummy
I left the battery in the plane plugged in, didn't remember until the following evening, but like Dr
frankenstin its alive!! I was able to bring it back to 4.2 all three cells, don't know how long it will
last, but used it three flight so far.
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Post by spindeepster on Apr 13, 2014 18:34:36 GMT 1
You're lucky...but for a completely different reason than for the sake of your battery. Just two days ago I turned my transmitter off with the battery still connected to my S.E.5a biplane. After about a 1 second delay, the motor went full throttle and the plane left the platform it was parked on (about 4 feet higher than the driveway). I threw out my hand and caught the plane by the upper wing dead center. How did I do this without sticking my fingers in the spinning propeller you ask? Well...I didn't. My pinky and my ring finger bore the brunt of the prop...OUCH!!
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS de-energize your plane first!!
Get a black magic marker, turn to the page in the Spektrum manual and cross out the reference that states you can de-energize either the transmitter or airplane first.
IT DOES MATTER!!!
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Post by flydiver on Apr 13, 2014 19:00:43 GMT 1
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS de-energize your plane first!! Get a black magic marker, turn to the page in the Spektrum manual and cross out the reference that states you can de-energize either the transmitter or airplane first. IT DOES MATTER!!! 2.4GHz systems have led to lousy power on/off practices. To make it worse the users don't even know they have been fed inaccurate and potentially dangerous information. |
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Post by spindeepster on Apr 13, 2014 21:41:24 GMT 1
The insult to my injury?
I KNEW BETTER!!!!
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Post by kenninny on Apr 14, 2014 1:18:34 GMT 1
Ouch I hope your fingers are ok
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