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Old 07-23-2012, 04:43 PM
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Scota4570
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Default Unexplained loss of control

I lost control of a giant scale and crashed. Flew this plane half a dozen times with no gliches.

I am running futaba 2.4 faast. A 6ex TX and R617FS RX. Dual batteries, 5-cell 200mah nimh, dual switches to dual ports on the rx. The ignition is powered from a hobby king bec plugged into the rx power system. The servos are hi-tech. The ignition is RCEXL. All connections are secured with shrink tubing.

I am most suspicious of the BEC. I have flown several planes wired exactly the same way many-many times.

The plane survived with modest damage. After the crash I range checked it in power down mode to over 100-yards. I also tapped the tx while working the servos with no gliching.

I have two questions. First, should I send the RX to Futaba for a check out? Second, any ideas on what might have gone wrong?