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Old 03-10-2015 | 04:35 PM
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Make a normal-type landing and you might track it down. Last summer I had one of these GPS modules in a HobbyKing Fun Fighter. I let it get too far away, lost orientation, pulled while inverted and stuffed it at full throttle. I was getting consistent 104-105mph passes, so it hit the ground pretty good. The receiver lost power as soon as it hit, either because the power plugs came out or the receiver was destroyed outright. Either way, there was no GPS info from the plane at that point. Several people saw it go in and all agreed on the same spot.(a rarity) A friend and I tromped around out there for a couple of hours and came up empty. I have it listed as "Still on patrol". It was pretty little when intact, and the crash didn't do it any good, I'm sure. The airplane was just under $100 but the bit that hurt was the $150 receiver and the $180 GPS module. It was also the first crash I've ever had where I didn't recover ANYthing. Considering the stuff I usually fly, it was probably the cheapest crash I could have had. I was so upset, I didn't fly again for almost 20 minutes.