ORIGINAL: turbinepeter
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Endangering the public.????????
I cannot see anyone else in the vid.
The reason I posted this was not for sympathy or help. But purely for US modellers to see both sides of our hobby. It also raises the fact do not take anything for granted.
The steering servo used, WAS a NEW Futaba servo. and it is something you would Not expect to fail, however it did.
Th only good thing to come out of this, is the fact that the F22 was NOT airborne when something failed.
We do all we can to minimise th risk to others!!!
Regards
turbinepeter,
Did you notice you notice the quotation marks around endangering? Perhaps not. Anyway, my point is that literally millions of non-modelers out there have yet another example of how unreliable (in their estimation) our models can be. In this particular instance, no one was in jeopardy. But many would say, What if? I did not and did not intend to place the blame for this unfortunate loss on you or your abilities or your equipment. It could happened to any of us.....I just can't see the need to publicize it to the unknowing public for their uneducated scrutiny. Sure, it's just one more video among thousands "out there" but we have to stop promoting the "aw-sh$%" moments in order to protect our sport...............I don't feel the need to see videos of jet models (or any models for that matter) crashing on one of those "outrageous videos" TV shows
Just my $.02,
John