Man... wish I had room for one of those Showtimes. Awesome.

Question, guys: have any of you ever run your Futaba 8U down to the point that the display won't come on? I left my whole rig out in my shop/storage building with no a/c during this heatwave. I was going to fly yesterday when (no surprise) all my batteries were dead. I guess 3 weeks of inactivity will do that. What I'm wondering is whether or not my display won't come on because that battery was so low, or because it got fried in the heat. I'm leaning toward the battery because a lot of people like raideron and gjeffers are out in more than 105° heat, right guys? That is as hot as it got here in OK recently, and despite the no a/c, that building stays 10-15° cooler than the outside unfailingly. I'm charging up my stuff right now and I'm gonna try it after work. We went from 105° to 83°, and if I get to fly, it will be the coolest weather that I have ever put my UCD into . Hover city, here I come!!! If, of course, the transmitter is working. [:@] I hope someone here has had this happen before and will tell me it will all be okay. Grrrr..... The funny thing is, when I turn the thing on with airbrake or throttle cut activated, it will still give me the angry "Hey stupid turn off your functions" beeps.

I'll keep you updated. I may be sending it in for repairs. I can't recall what the manual says, but it probably puts an operational temperature limit of 85° or so on it. Who is lucky enough to live in a place where it never gets above 85°. I know in my years of living in Louisiana and Oklahoma that I've never seen a summer that cool. Oh well.... one way or another I'm getting it fixed and going flying. I could just hear my little OS whimpering yesterday like "You haven't even started me in 3 weeks!!! I like the taste of fuel, not this stupid after-run oil. GIVE ME FUEL GIVE ME FIRE GIVE ME THAT WHICH I DESIRE!!!!!!!!" Sorry... little Metallica moment there.

Anyways... Solo out.