A surprise way to lose a plane - Servo Lead to receiver

[Brian Young]

Im curious if anyone attempts to retain the servo
leads into the receiver case and how. 


--- "Henderson,Eric" <Eric.Henderson at gartner.com>
wrote:
> I can relate to loss of battery in a big way. It is
> a most hopeless and helpless feeling. I use the
> battery as a C of G adjuster. You can bet that the
> Temptation will not have its battery come loose...
> It is hard earned wisdom.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eric. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of
> Michael H Lance
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:21 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: RE: A surprise way to lose a plane
> 
> 
> Lance,
> 
> Sorry to hear about your unfortunate loss. It is a
> bitch to have a
> simple connection rob you of your bird.
> 
> I had a similar experience several years ago which
> cost me a very nice
> Meridian.  The battery disconnected on final and
> trim was out JUST
> enough to cause a wing tip to drop hit first.  She
> rolled herself into a
> ball.
> 
> Since then I have used heat shrink over any
> permanent connections and
> tie temporary connections (ailerons) into a square
> knot.  While it
> hasn't saved me from other mishaps I no longer worry
> about any of my
> servo connections failing.
> 
> Mike Lance
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> On Behalf Of patterndude at attbi.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 9:17 PM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> 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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Brian Young
Tulsa
b4598070 at yahoo.com
918-745-6046h
918-838-0900w

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