Antenna Tube

[Adam Glatt]

My free plane story involves a plug in wing that is normally held 
together by rubber bands. I flew two flights without the rubber bands, 
and noticed as I was fueling up for the third that the wings were rather 
far from the fuselage. Thanks go to the CF ultra-tight wing tubes!

ronlock at comcast.net wrote:

> I got a free plane years ago when I found the antenna piled up in the 
> wing bay
> after a flying session.
> After antenna is threaded into the tube, it needs to be secured.
> I wedge the antenna in place with a piece of fuel tube cut a severe angle.
> Later, Ron Lockhart
> "...I got a free plane when I had a similar symptom because my Rx 
> antenna was coiled up around the fuel tank. Plane flew fine after I 
> rethreaded the antenna in the tube..."
>
>     -------------- Original message --------------
>
>     Bill,
>
>     Although Airtronics didn’t find a problem with the receiver, they
>     did replace the crystal anyway. They were very responsive to the
>     problem… Outstanding Customer Service!!!!
>
>     I’ll setup my Magic and give it a work out for a while before I
>     fly my pattern planes…
>
>     I had around 50 flights with no problem in the same Focus. It
>     never failed a range check. Then at the Dayton contest I got a
>     free plane when I had a similar symptom because my Rx antenna was
>     coiled up around the fuel tank. Plane flew fine after I rethreaded
>     the antenna in the tube.
>
>     The next contest was the Shoot Out. After I aborted the first
>     flight, I checked everything out…especially the antenna…everything
>     looked good. About 20 minutes later, I aborted the second flight
>     for the same problem during flight.
>
>     I have never had this kind of problem before.
>
>     The RX was an Airtronics 92778 FM – 8 Channel. I will be using a
>     PCM Rx for now on…
>
>     Larry
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     *From:* discussion-request at nsrca.org
>     [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of *William C. Harden
>     *Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2005 6:52 PM
>     *To:* discussion at nsrca.org
>     *Subject:* RE: [SPAM] Need Help....
>
>     Whatever you do, *do not fly again with this radio* in your
>     pattern plane until you discover the problem. I would first
>     suspect the receiver as faulty. If you have a slow flying plane
>     like a trainer then place the receiver in the plane and flight
>     test it. Also, throw away the leaky battery as you can no longer
>     trust it.
>
>     A leaking battery cell is not good, but if the battery pack had
>     good power and checked out good under load then it isn’t the
>     source of your problem.
>
>     Have you flown with this radio before? Is this a new problem? Is
>     your receiver FM or PCM?
>
>     Bill
>

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