Well, I tried to maiden the Wind today. Got to the field, ranged checked the plane, then was in the process of running it up to check rpm's and amp draw. When I got to about 3/4 throttle and 25 amps, The Hacker squealed and then slowed down. I immediately shut everything down and there was smoke coming from the BEC. Luckily I had the canopy off and could see it as soon as the prop stopped moving air. I disarmed everything and the smoke quit. I could tell that the BEC had fried but caused no damage to the fuse other than a little black mark on the side where it was mounted. Packed it up thinking I will just go home and take the BEC out and put in a rcvr battery and switch, which would help to give me some room for CG adjustment (see prior post about CG). Well, I was astonished by what I found when I got home and started working on it. All 5 servos were fried. No movement what so ever except for the rudder servo, which was quivering a little, but would move. Apparently when the BEC fried it allowed high voltage to hit the receiver and servos. Here is the amazing thing, the receiver appears to be fine. I replaced it with a new one just for insurance sake and I am going to send it to Futaba for a checkout anyway, but I couldn't believe that it allowed enough current to pass through and fry the servos but didn't get damaged, or at least it does not appear to be damaged.

Anyway, I spent the last 5 hours replacing all of the servos, setting all the throws again, and mounting a rcvr battery and switch. Glad I did as now at 180mm CG the battery pack is about 1 1/2" in front of the wing tube. Now I have a little room to move the CG backwards if I need too. Lesson learned... I am fairly new to electric power and believe me, I will never use another seperate BEC in any plane other than the built in BEC on my foamys. I have one in my Miss Wind now, and I am going to replace it before I fly it again. Scary thought of what would have happened if the BEC had failed in flight...... I realize that with a seperate rcvr battery and switch there is a possibility of failure there also, but luckily I have never had one fail yet. I knew better but after being out of the hobby for 5 years I guess I had a brain fart.......

I will be going out again tomorrow morning and hopefully will get a few flights as the weather has been cooperating the last two days. I will give a report when I get back.....

Larry....