[NSRCA-discussion] Arming Switch

[John Ferrell]

I don't tune in often any more and I cannot remember when the last time 
was that I actually worked at the Nat's BUT:
When electric was still a novelty Marty Matthews wife was carrying in 
his plane and he turned off the transmitter. It was a non-event because 
she was on the ball and had a good grip on the plane when it went to 
full throttle. I commented at the time "We need to fix that before some 
one gets hurt bad".

I have always felt all that would be necessary would be to require that 
the pilot be prepared to demonstrate that turning off the transmitter 
resulted in a motor shut down.  At the Nat's the line chief could check 
it as frequent as he felt it possible without impacting the general 
operation.

I am not aware of any ESC failures that result in running failures. My 
ESC's usual fail mode results in smoke & fire.


On 2/12/2012 2:37 PM, Ronald Van Putte wrote:
> You can mount a female Deans connector in a piece of thin plywood, use 
> Pacer Pro Zap to glue the Deans connector to the plywood and, after 
> cutting an appropriate hole in the side of the fuselage, glue the 
> assembly inside the fuselage.  Use a male Deans connector with the 
> leads soldered together as an arming plug.
>
> Or you can buy a SharpRC SafeArm 
> (http://www.sharprc.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=43)
>
> Being cheap, I do the former.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
> On Feb 12, 2012, at 11:55 AM, Ron Hansen wrote:
>
>> What are the available arming switch options?
>> Thanks
>> Ron
>>
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John Ferrell W8CCW
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