Just wanted to put in a plug for paying attention to your airplane. Specifically, the way it sounds. I was getting ready to take my F-190 up for its third flight of the day. I turned on the radio, and exercised the controls. I noticed a very subtle popping sound from one of the alierons. Upon closer inspection I noticed that I wasn't getting full throw from it. I grabbed it, moved the stick, and suddenly the whole surface was loose in my hands. Stripped gear in the servo. Worked fine the flight before, then out of the blue, this. The servo was a Futaba S3004, brand new for this airplane. If I hadn't noticed it, or been in a little more of a hurry, this flight could have ended in disaster.

WHEW! talk about lucky!


Andy