How do you test your Fail Safe
Okay -
Fail Safe is important. But how do you test Fail Safe after setting it up on a plane? Let me guess:
1. Place you plane on a stand if possible. If it's too large for a stand immobilize it by some other means such as tying a rope between the tailwheel and a post in the ground.
2. Turn on transmitter.
3. Turn on receiver.
4. Verify control inputs are working and do a range check.
5. Start the engine if it's gas or glow.
6. Run up the motor to full throttle.
7. Give right (or left) aileron and up elevator.
8. Turn off the transmitter.
9. Verify the control surfaces and throttle move to their Fail Safe positions.
10. Turn on the transmitter. Verify normal operation.
Or you can fly your plane, turn off the transmitter, verify it enters Fail Safe mode, turn your transmitter back on, and resume normal flight. But I'd rather not test Fail Safe by actually flying it. What if something goes wrong and it should decide to go berserk?
What do you think?
oliveDrab
Last edited by oliveDrab; 02-12-2018 at 06:02 AM.