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grinder-RCU -> Hitech service (4/29/2003 8:03:32 AM)
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to make an long story short i have included a copy of my post from another thread of RCU.
My First crash (post # 21)
Heath,
Your story is an exact carbon copy of my story. Sounds like a defective switch harness to me. I too had installed all brand new Hi-Tech equipment on my brand new LT-40. Performed all the ground checks and everything was fine. Had the Instructor flying it, asked him to do a touch and go. He came onto base leg and the plane just kept turning in from 50'. Went spinner first into terra ferma. Total destruction. The plane looked an Monster truck backed over it. After the crash we had checked the Batt's with a voltmeter and they were fine as we had only been flying ten mins. Then we noticed that when you squeezed the switch, it cut out totally. I sent all the info, documention, letters of appeal and the like to Hi-Tech. They sent me a new switch. I was not an happy camper to say the least. My next radio won't be an Hi-Tech. So i bought another trainer and will get back in the air this summer to give it another go.
Grinder.
Thing is, it was my first plane, first flight, first experiance with R/C. I have heard of several others with Hitech switch harness problems. While i understand that once the switch leaves the property Hi-tech can no longer be responsible for what happens. Being 33 with a good job, i bought another trainer and will give it a go this yr. But what if my son had been flying for the first time and this happened to him? some first impression. I had sent the equipment in and it was fixed in accordance with their policy so no complaints there. But Hi-tech has to understand this R/C stuff is not cheap. So you can understand why i'm a bit bitter. Now i know i could have run double Rx's and batt's and switches but does a newbie green horn know this first time out? no. My knees were shaking bad enough and i wasn't even flying the plane. the ins. was and he felt bad enough, with his 20 yrs of flying R/C.
Grinder.
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