ORIGINAL: sandslx
Ali
I too am guilty of one battery one switch...or why should I feel guilty....people get the warm fuzzys with the two batteries thats fine and I respect them for that. The mig you saw me with at top gun did not even have a five cell pack it was just a 4.8 2000 Ma. I think the cards are stacked in my favor more because I charge after every flight. I use the data logger after every flight...I replace the switches every 3 years. I use the best JR equipment. I keep it very simple for me...The jets are inspected daily. In ten years of jets this seems to work for me. I know my time is soon, now that we fly turbines almost daily...but until then no one can say I told ya so.
keep your chin up!
Justin Sands
BVM rep/ team JR/Horizon
Hi Chad
If you have a regime that works for you and you are comfortable with it then it is no ones right to say " I told you so " . You are doing what you beleive to be sufficient and you have a very good relieability record.
I used to seperate crashes into two categories
1) One that could have been avoided.
2) Ones that couldnt be avoided.
I realised a long time ago that really most crashes can be avoided and very few are unavoidable.
I have lost two plane in the last four years. both down to my own stupidity. If I lose a plane by dumb thumbing it in then I am bloody annoyed with myself. If I lose a plane because I got "launch happy, a NASA term I believe" and took off when I knew I had a potential problem then I would be even more annoyed with myself.
At the end of the day it is up to personal choice how far you go to get as close to ALARP as possible, it is your plane, your investment and your responsibility to ensure you take all reasonable steps to ensure your plane is airworthy. That includes not flying when your judgement could be impaired.
M
Ps I like the colour scheme althought a good friend of mine and Hunter worshipper will strike me off his Christmas card list for saying that.