I'm sorry to have to report that I had a complete and total radio failure moments after take-off on my Kyosho 60 Calmato. I did a radio check before the flight and all controls were working during the taxi and the take-off run. But when it was about 20 feet off the deck I suddenly realized I had no control whatsoever on any servo. The throttle was wide open and the model curved up and off to the right and buried itself in the tangerine grove behind the field.

The model itself was obviously a total write-off. [] Though I think the engine and radio gear is OK.

For what it's worth, in those brief moments before I lost radio contact, it handled just the same as the smaller Kyosho and I was looking forward to an uneventful flight.

And yes this is more than a bit frustrating after spending weeks getting the engine tuned up just right.


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UPDATE: I just thought I'd let people know that I just did a test of the radio components at home using the same battery as I was using on the ill-fated flight (without recharging it for the test) and everything works fine. Well, now, I really don't know what to think. I was getting no response at all on any of the flight controls once I left the ground. [sm=71_71.gif]