[NSRCA-discussion] Arming Switch

[Bob Richards]

Keith,
 
What you say it true.
 
What I have taken from this discussion:
 
1) An arming plug is an externally visible indicator of "ready and dangerous".
2) Turning the rx off alone is not a completely safe condition, and less so AFTER a flight.
3) No safety measure is 100% infallible, simply due to human error.
 
Regardless of how you render your aircraft safe, you still have to remember to do it!!! People will forget, and that unfortunately will happen regardless.
 
Bob R.


--- On Mon, 2/13/12, Keith Hoard <khoard at gmail.com> wrote:



Just how many airplanes have we seen fly out of caller's hands at contests?  Is this a widespread problem, or just isolated to a couple contests?   Why can't the caller maintain positive control of the airplane until the owner gets over to disconnect the battery?  If the caller and/or pilot are that distracted after a flight, what is to keep them from forgetting to removing the arming plug?  

I think this is a solution wandering around looking for a problem.  If you can't remember to disconnect your battery as soon as possible after a flight and to only connect it just prior to flight then you won't remember to use your arming plug to perform the same functions.

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