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Old 08-02-2008 | 09:11 PM
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Default RE: The Super Decathlon


ORIGINAL: gaRCfield
After the crash today, when I was holding the 55AX in one hand and the Decathlon in the other (broken motor mount) it felt like a sign to put that engine in another plane.
I must have skipped right over this part. What happened?

I had a little Cherokee mishap today as well but mine was in the pits and it was 100% my fault. It is electric and I landed & taxied in to check the batteries to find out if they were hot or puffing. I left the receiver battery on (mistake #1) but the transmitter inadvertently got shut off. Without the transmitter signal, the receiver went into fail-safe like it should have. Problem is, I had the fail safe set up wrong (mistake #2) so it went to full throttle rather than no throttle. The plane slammed into a table at full power and damaged both wing leading edges. It is easily fixable but frustrating. I am the only one to blame; I knew to set the radio up correctly but I didn't for whatever reason. Luckily only the plane got damaged, not a person. I can guarantee that will never happen again. I had my Skybolt with me though so the day wasn't a total waste.