[NSRCA-discussion] Arming plug manufacturer and source?

[mike mueller]

 A problem with the arming plugs and yes I've seen this happen is losing them/ forgetting them/ a buddy throws it in his pocket and forgets. I've actually seen all these things happen. Results were no extra's a no more flying. To me your better off throwing one of the lines outside the fuse and connecting it like that. M2

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Chad Northeast <chadnortheast at shaw.ca> wrote:

> From: Chad Northeast <chadnortheast at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Arming plug manufacturer and source?
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 11:31 AM
> Yes, but an arming plug is
> fundamentally the same thing.  Someone has to
> physically remove/deactivate the arming plug, or disconnect
> the batteries once the system is armed.
> 
> Chad
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:20 am
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Arming plug manufacturer
> and source?
> To: General pattern discussion
> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> 
> > Great. But, once armed, the only way to disarm it is
> to unplug 
> > the battery, right?
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Chad Northeast
> <chadnortheast at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Mike
> > 
> > I started using these connectors,
> > 
> >
> http://hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8939
> > 
> > Very inexpensive, and 4mm is really all we need for
> our app.  No 
> > heat shrink required, plugs remain together (so not
> flopping 
> > around), no worries about shorting anything out and
> impossible 
> > to connect in reverse.
> > 
> > I also stopped using my anti-spark circuit with these
> plugs 
> > since conventional bullets don't care about the
> spark since the 
> > contact portion is not damaged by it like a Neu
> connector is.  
> > Plus since the spark happens inside the housing you
> can't really 
> > see or hear it either :)
> > 
> > I also do not use arming plugs, mainly because most
> ESC's if 
> > plugged in at certain throttle positions are
> disarmed.  For 
> > instance, with the Schulze if you start at full
> throttle and 
> > plug in the pack the controller does not arm until you
> reach 
> > idle for at least 2 seconds.  Since my brake is
> on a switch I 
> > have to bring back to idle, then activate the brake
> before the 
> > ESC will arm.  My brake switch is a condition
> which on Futaba 
> > alarms if on when the radio is turned on, so I always
> have the 
> > brake off when the radio is turned on. 
> Essentially this setup 
> > makes it virtually impossible to arm the controller by
> accident.
> > 
> > Chad
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
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