[NSRCA-discussion] Something different

[george w. kennie]

I live on a salt marsh and at low tide I occasionally fly foamies in my back yard. One day I had an indoor model set up for radical 3D out there and there was too much wind and I got behind the buggar (way behind ) and I lost it and it buried itself in the soft muddddd. I think the ESC was a Bluebird (Castle) and the shrink wrap was totally packed with mud, so I took the plane over to the garden hose and thoroughly flushed all the mud from all components including the ESC and then went in the house and removed the shrink wrap and dried it out with my heat gun and it's been flying for quite a while now in another plane. Maybe I was just lucky.
G.




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Richards 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 8:32 AM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Something different


  I have had two speed controllers end up in the lake, and both times they were fried - literally - before we could even get the plane out of the water. I have witnessed several others have the same fate. I have not had the pleasure of dunking a Castle controller yet. :-)

  Bob R.


  Scott Pavlock <f3aflyer7 at gmail.com> wrote:
    If it is a castle controller it should be fine. You just have to let it dry for a few days and make sure there's no contaminants.


    On 10/13/07, Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> wrote: 
      Speed controllers can become toast almost instantly when coming in contact with water. The rx and servos can be flushed out out and dried with compressed air and they will probably be ok. 

      Don't ask me how I know. :-)

      Bob R.


       


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