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Old 01-17-2003, 02:36 AM
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jqxl
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Default Speaking of Batteries

Well it had to happen. There I was hovering over my neighbors house at about 50' pretending to be doing the spy thing when all of a sudden the right rotor dropped and down it when out of control. When it hit the driveway pieces went flying and my heart $ank.

Actually not too much damage. The circuit board appears OK and all that broke was two motor mounts , one riser leg, and three rotor blades. ($50 and I am back in the air)

Moral of the story: This time it was my transmitter battery! It was still showing 90% but I left it on after the crash and watched it die quickly. From now on I will charge it as soon as it comes off of the 100% mark.