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Old 05-18-2013 | 01:58 AM
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From: Peabody, MA
Default RE: After binding everything works except engine

Hello and thanks for the replies,
I bought this plane used and it didn't come with any manuals (which I didn"t state prior). Before I purchased it I saw the engine and control surfaces work and the battery was a 4S. After hours of trying everything and tips from here I called Horizon Hobby. I spoke with a tech named Andy and told him the situation, he asked what type of battery and I told him the 4S. He asked if he could listen to the start up audible tones and I went to the basement with the phone and he listened. By listening he said that the ESC was set for 6S batteries and took me thru the process of changing it to 4S and that was it. I knew for a fact that the previous owner was running 4S and I saw the battery. I asked how this happened and he stated it's very rare that something like this could happen. Lesson here learned for me here, when buying a used plane get the manuals (he didn"t have them) or download them. I hope this lesson for me could help someone in the future. And also a thanks to Andy of Horizon Hobby who isoloated the problem and corrected it in five minutes.
Pat