Just relistened to the host's description of what happened (it was his plane) -- I was wrong on one detail, he wasn't straddling the tail when he turned off the RX. It did scare the **** out of him and he counted himself very lucky that no one was hurt. Point being, he relied on electronics which had performed exactly as advertised 100s of times until the one time they didn't. I don't like those odds.<div>
<br></div><div>Some would argue my preferred arming switch (The Emcotec safety power switch seen here: <a href="http://www.hkm-models.com/Emcotec%20Switches.html">http://www.hkm-models.com/Emcotec%20Switches.html</a>) does the same thing and I should use a more traditional circuit interrupting jumper ala the options Keith listed and I sent out a similar list a little before that but it would take the simultaneous failure of multiple independent components for that to happen.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Peter+<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Dave Harmon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k6xyz@sbcglobal.net">k6xyz@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">Haha….okok…no problem.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="im">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">Dave Harmon<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">NSRCA 586<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">Sperry, Ok.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Vogel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 12, 2012 7:35 PM</span></p><div class="im"><br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Cc:</b> General pattern discussion<br></div><div class="im"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Arming Switch<u></u><u></u></div>
<p></p></div></div><div class="im"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">The All Things that Fly episode was from a few shows before the show that has 'switches' in the title from late last year. <a href="http://www.allthingsthatfly.com" target="_blank">www.allthingsthatfly.com</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Bay RC, photo is on there from several years ago, subject is something like 'they're not always cute + cuddly'. I don't have time to hunt down the link anymore than you do, apparently, but I'm not challenging your credibility. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Peter+<br><br>Sent from my iPhone4S<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Feb 12, 2012, at 5:23 PM, "Dave Harmon" <<a href="mailto:k6xyz@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">k6xyz@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Arming Switch<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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