[NSRCA-discussion] Arming plug and Failsafe +

[Jas]

If the plane had an external on/off Rx switch, that could have been turned off.

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> On May 19, 2015, at 6:07 AM, Ron Hansen via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
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> I want to give a real work example of why I like a physical external disconnects like an arming switch or equivalent.  This weekend at Muncie I was returning to my judging chair when a plane landed a little long.  I was closest to the plane and I decided to flag the plane down for the caller to give the older caller (VerneJ) a little hand.  I carried the plane to the runway grass edge.  This plane did not have an external disconnect and I don’t open other people’s canopies so I had to wait until Verne got to the plane before I could walk away.  If it had an external disconnect I would have disarmed the plane.  Pulling an arming plug or disconnecting the external wires is easy and quick.  If the pilot had some sort of throttle hold or some other solution how would I know that?
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