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<DIV>I am sorry for your bad day. I had a similar lost last year on the Master maneuver downline snap. In my case, I found that the battery cassette in my JR 10X became disconnected. The problem was easily fixed by replacing the foam material that hold the battery. Also I am taping the battery door with clear tape to make sure it does not move. I got the hint from this list. I was shock when the radio went off by just put it on a table a little harder. When I do the snaps, I move the sticks hard and that produced enough vibration to disconnect the battery. </DIV>
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<DIV>After reading all the feedback from this list, I decided to use <STRONG>two</STRONG> 910mah LiPo batteries in all my pattern planes.</DIV>
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<DIV>There is one Abbra for sell in KC. That plane is set up for a ZDZ 40 gas engine. I think could be easily converted to YS160 removing the firewall and reinstalling a new one for the YS engine. Let me know if you are interested and I will send you the e-mail so you can contact Pat directly. This plane is now 11lbs 5 oz with the gas engine. With the YS will be below 10 lbs. </DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Vicente "Vince" Bortone</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Mark Atwood <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com> <BR><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR>Hey All,<BR><BR>Had a bad day with a new Brio at the flying field. 9th or 10th total flight...just starting to get it trimmed out, first maneuver of F-07, downline snap, about to push to inverted...and nothing. :( Not sure what happened...no interference. Battery was checked prior to the flight, but had 0 voltage afterwards. Haven’t checked the system for a short yet...crash was brutal though, so hard to know what was cause, and what was result.<BR><BR>Amazing the sound these planes make when they crunch. Complete carnage in a newly plowed cornfield.<BR><BR>Anyhow, now that I’m done drying my tears, I need a good backup plane. Preferably something similar to the Brio, (Ideally another
Brio). Anyone have something that’s built and ready for a 1.60DZ (that I’ll need to rebuild too, since the crash torn the side off the crankcase!!)<BR><BR>If so, please contact me off list! Atwoodm@paragon-inc.com<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Mark</SPAN></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>