the receiver has been acting up while I am flying... there is no response for about 10s then its fine again... the previous times I was lucky cause my plane was high and flying straight... yesterday not so lucky... was in a turn cutting throttle to come in for my landing... it happened... no way out this time, I was too close to the ground...

Sorry for the loss of your bird. It does look totalled. I have to say, though, after reading your subject line, I was quite releaved it was an airplane that had died!

Sometimes it is hard for us to know when to stop and fix a problem. You were being told by your aircraft it was having a problem, but you kept flying. Not pointing a finger here, I have done it multiple times too. Always easier to look back after the fact and know what should have been done. A learning experience we all have gone through.

Good luck going forward,

Bedford

I know it was my fault... have been pushing my luck with that receiver... my friend offered to use his but I wouldn't listen...

Oh my gosh! What a mess. Sorry to see that.

What was wrong with the receiver? Was it involved in a previous crash?

CGr.

Morning CG. Off to the field this morning. Talking about rx's, one of our pilots was having problems with his and did a super job is getting the plane back. When we did a thump test on the rx the servos started acting up. BTW, egg basted soft, turkey bacon, english muffin and chock-full=of-nuts coffee.

yeah CG... was involved in a previous crash in my Showtime when the ESC burned out because I was using to big of a prop...

I know how you feel , I put my AJ 330s in a couple of weeks ago, I think I can fix mine.

sorry about that.
sticks

crashing is part of this world... but its been happening to frequently the last couple of months...

Sorry for your loss Switch

advice... listen when somethings up... don't continue and push your luck with faulty equipment... it would have cost 70 bucks to get new receiver, now its gonna cost round 200 for new kit... or at least the one I want now...

Sorry about your loss.

In the future you might want to permanently ground a receiver that "cuts out" for ANY length of time. Ten seconds of no control is enough to kill any model aircraft. That's a bad, bad sign. How did you isolate it to the receiver and not the transmitter?

Did it ground check to 100 plus feet with the transmitter antenna down? (I know lots of pilots who do this EVERY time thay come to the field. It's a good policy).

Did you eliminate the possibility of metal-to-metal vibration in the aircraft?

Check voltages?

We can learn from the NTSB. After any crash take the time and effort to identify the problem and make corrections as needed to save future flights.

I have asked the local hobby shop... he says spektrum receivers if they detect voltage drops or to low of voltage it reboots... thats the hang period it seems... so I think its the Nicad battery I have powering it... would a 2Cell with regulator be a better option in future?

Well that's another good reason I'm sticking to my "old" Futaba crystal gear. (To go along with Cheap and Frugal).

Everything I fly anymore has 4 cell 1450 mAh NiMH packs. On my quarter scale Ultimate I have two and a failsafe battery combiner (Batshare from www.smart-fly.com).

I check my batteries before, between flights and after at home with a loaded voltmeter and cycle them with a Triton every few months to make sure they are holding up.

A dead-stick from a conked out engine is an inconvenience. A conked out flight battery is always a crash. I'd bet 85% of the folks who claim they were "hit" had a battery or voltage related problem istead.

Don't forget switches either. Old switches probably cause more crashes than old or inadequate batteries do.

simply amazes me that anyone would continue to fly with a known intermittent working rx.If it is not !00% don't fly till it is.

planning on getting the Aurora9... thought this one would hold up until then... was a dumb idea on my behalf...

True, but I think Switch needs a break. I mean I think we all have done things we were not suppose to be doing? Damn I tried flying a plane even though I know the engine wasn't working properly. Yes, it took 2 crash landings just after take off for me to admit to myself - it's not going to fix it all by itself.

Sometimes we are just so eager to fly that we take chances. Should we? No, but we do - it's life.

eager to fly I was... I think that was the problem... couldn't wait till I solved the problem, took the chance... didn't pay off...

Well, at least it's a lesson learned. Also a good thing that nobody was hurt.

As a rule, if I ever catch myself saying, "It will probably be O.K." I ground myself until the problem is fixed. That particular phrase preceeds more crashes than just about any other.

Quick question. Do you have a dx6i?

5e...

Does the dx5 have a batterypack, or individual double type batterys. The reason I am asking is because the dx6i has individual double a batterys. I have lost contact with 3 planes to date, one fatal, And come to find out the batterys were losing connection on the spring retainers. I would check this as my buddy also has a dx6i that did the same thing.
Goodluck.

I think I am taking that spring out and making a battery pack to fit in there... just for extra safety...