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Old 09-18-2006 | 11:01 PM
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chickenx5
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Default VERY scarry experience at the field

i have been flying helis and planes for quite a while now, i have bout 50 gallons alltogether, not single crash, i came so close yesterday. i flew a nexstar for 5 tanks practicing landing at a new field i have never been to, the wind was blowing to our faces and i have never flown in those conditions. soi charged my JR XP6102, and a fuse blew, i dont put it ona high charge rate i put it on .2 its a normal thing on that radio, soi replaced the fuse, its no big deal its the 10th time of done it. so i go to take out the extra 300s w/ os FS90, this is the first time i ever flew it by myself, without someonelanding it for me. so i take it off, goes perfect, then every servo on the plane completely freaks out, ZERO control, its rocking back and forth very fast, doing roll after roll, its going further and further out, i thought for sure it was a goner, the wind was blowing towards us, and the plane made a half oval and came back towards us, throttle stuck on wide open, still no control, everyone was freaking out and knew it was going to crash. so wide open streight towards the pits, 20 feet off the ground, right when it got to the other side of the runway, i could controlit again, i killed the engine, did a 90 degree turn, and landed it PERFECT without a scratch. i tookthe radio apart, and when i replaced the fuse, youhave to take off the module thing,and the white wire hat goes to the antenna came off the solder point. i did a range check, and 10 feet awasy the servos were going completely crazy, i have no idea how i possibly saved it. imsooo lucky, and getting a radio that wolnt cause so many problems ( i have had problems in the past with it. ) all i can say is thank god it wasnt my raptor 50, or i would have been screwed with the tailreseting.