<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">At the Nats, a D7 Masters pilot, John ?, had a fusible link that he used to arm his plane. I'm not familiar with them, but it was similar to an automotive fuse. He would just pull it off and put it in his pocket. If I remember right it was rated at 60A.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jeff Hill<BR><DIV><DIV>On Aug 8, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Ron Lockhart wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Agree, a mechanical/electrical connection sort of thing would seem best.</DIV> <DIV>And have it located to be easy for all to see.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Later, Ron Lockhart</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="johnferrell@earthlink.net" href="mailto:johnferrell@earthlink.net">John Ferrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Noxville Contest??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I personally witnessed an instance of electric starting unexpectedly at the Nats. Since I was only around Masters & FAI I believe it safe to dismiss the problem as lack of experience.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I feel it essential to implement some kind of safety device to prevent this from occurring. I would prefer a mechanical lockout of some sort or at least an arming plug.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The airplane was being carried back to the pits when the failure occurred. The handler was on top of the problem but it could have happened after the plane was parked.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is a disaster waiting to happen.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John Ferrell W8CCW<BR>"My Competition is not my enemy"<BR><A href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="joddino@socal.rr.com" href="mailto:joddino@socal.rr.com">J.Oddino</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 08, 2006 12:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Noxville Contest??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Another reason to go electric.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim O</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="johnferrell@earthlink.net" href="mailto:johnferrell@earthlink.net">John Ferrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:38 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Noxville Contest??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I have an $8000 left thumb. They installed a couple of options while they were rebuilding. It warns of weather changes and also serves as an alarm clock (sometimes).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I recommended that a student headed for a pro basket ball career give up RC until the career was behind him.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John Ferrell W8CCW<BR>"My Competition is not my enemy"<BR><A href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="BUDDYonRC@aol.com" href="mailto:BUDDYonRC@aol.com">BUDDYonRC@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:10 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Noxville Contest??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <DIV>About two years ago I got my finger in one It cut the right index finger off at the first joint. Wrapped the finger in a towel went to the hospital with the severed finger, three month's and $6000.00 later it was almost as good as new except it is still numb on the end. 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