This is probably as good of a topic to post this in as any....

Iread quite frequently where many on this forumtell youto turn your radios on before you turn up the recievers. I find this a little distressing, I know that most on here are gas, glow, or nitro modelers, and that when you engage your transmitter before your reciever battery there isn't much of a risk. But having being only exposed to electric flight thus far... I can tell you that engaging your transmitter before your battery is an accident waiting to happen.
All three of my planes are more or less, or are only, accessible to loading your batteries from the front of the plane, all mine load from the belly. Turning you transmitter on before loading your battery puts you in serious harms way if for some reason your throttle is engaged or becomes engaged while the battery is being installed.
Now I realize that there is a seperate forum for Electrics, but I'll tell you, I gain MUCHmore valuble info from this forum than the other,and I'm sure there are many more electric modelers using this site besides myself.
I just felt compelled to thow this into the mix.... thinking it might save someones forearm from some nasty scars someday.

Once again Iappreciate all the free help Igain from this site.

Matt