A surprise way to lose a plane

[Tony Stillman]

Lance:

I have not heard about this problem with the parson's clip either.  Sorry to
hear about your loss....

Tony Stillman
Radio South
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32505
1-800-962-7802
www.radiosouthrc.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <patterndude at attbi.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 11:16 PM
Subject: A surprise way to lose a plane


> The pretty picture of my new Aries on the aeroslave.com website is how
I'll
> remember her.  Got a full day of flying on the new bird with the Mintor
170
> pulling it before the battery unplugged while in straight and level flight
and
> she exectuted a 70 mph belly landing.  The wings have minor damage but the
> fuse is toast.
>
> Why did the battery disconnect?  This angered and surprised me.  I used a
> Parsons yellow clip to "make semi-permanent" the extension from the
receiver
> to the Radio South 5.1v regulator.  These clips are coded for JR/Futaba
and I
> had a Futaba one.  They hold the male/female connector bodies together and
> clip around the joined connectors. The battery lead contained only two
wires,
> with the 3rd signal wire missing.  This left only 2 of 3 pins in the
> connector.  Thinking I was doing a smart thing I clipped the Parsons clip
with
> the empty connector housing in the base of the Parsons clip.  The leads
were
> taped to the fuse to prevent flopping around.  The Parsons clip crushed
the
> empty housing and the battery lead vibrated loose.
>
> I inspected the plane carefully after every flight, but never suspected
this
> connection could ever come loose.  If I had clipped the parsons clip so
that
> the wire and pin were in the base, I'd still have my plane.
>
> I hope my description helps someone.  If you use these Parsons clips, make
> sure there is a wire/pin on the side of the connector that fits in the
Parsons
> clip base.  I've used this product in the past without problems, but never
on
> a battery with only 2 wires.  If my explanation is unclear, just don't use
> this product on battery leads.
>
> --Lance
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