airplane out of range
 

hello:

what happen if my plane get out of range?

how i will know my plane range

thank u

RE: airplane out of range
 

Seedo, I'm not trying to make a joke out of this because it's really pretty serious subject. But if your plane flies out of range it's going to crash. It's just that simple. How far it continues to fly before that crash depends on a lot of factors. It's possible that the plane could travel many miles before it crashes, or at other times it will just spiral in quickly and crash. The easiest way to tell that you plane is out of range is that it will not longer respond to the control inputs you give it.

Ken

RE: airplane out of range
 

always do a range check.

RE: airplane out of range
 

I think it's safe to say that you will lose sight of the plane before you lose any radio reception

RE: airplane out of range
 

If you want to know the range of your radio...Well...the answer has nothing to do with radio range. You can't control your aircraft if you can't see it. By see it I mean its attitude, direction etc.
Good Luck

RE: airplane out of range
 

thank u guys

RE: airplane out of range
 

If you want to find out just what your plane will do with a loss of radio signal, turn on your transmitter, then the receiver, activate the motor and put it on full speed, start moving your control surfaces around and turn off the transmitter.

On mine, the motor stops and the control surfaces neutralize. This will put the plane in a glide for a straight-in landing (if nothing gets in its way).

RE: airplane out of range
 

Who sold you THAT load of BULL? Let's see, what happens if your plane is in a tight bank, dive or even inverted. BTW - You must be depending on a PCM failsafe or similar? Well, the engine may go to idle/off if that is how you have set it up and if you have set up for "neutral" contrals the plane will continue its bank right into the ground, or continue the dive into the ground or fly inverted (dive) into the ground.

If you think to the contrary, please tell me what miracle device you have installed. Even the so-called autopilots out there won't do what you have concieved.

RE: airplane out of range
 

My plane is a high wing, pusher, and will right itself when the controls are neutralized, so what I stated, as far as my plane is concerned, is true.

I'm sorry if I offended your sensitives about what some other plane will do. Please pardon my ignorance for posting something I've actually seen happen.

RE: airplane out of range
 

Sorry, I was talking about REAL planes and not those little junk toys.

RE: airplane out of range
 

if your plane is out of sight its probably not out of radio range,if you have a general idea of the direction then try to head it back your way.

if you have lost it then you should have your name address and ph.#as well as your AMA# inside your fusalage in case someone finds the plane/wreckage.

a perfect example; our field is on a plateu above the Pacific Ocean, a member crashed in the drink, the cliff is 150 ft high so its gone for sure theres no way to get down there without a boat.
couple of days later he gets a call from a local guy about a missing plane he found a mile off shore while fishing not too much left to salvage but he did clean out the engine and it ran fine even after the salt water bath.

point is keep your plane within your sight and put your info in the plane for identification.

RE: airplane out of range
 

Also bear in mind that there are different types of receivers used that affect range as well.

Typically the smaller RX's that are available ( with exceptions ) are used in park flyers, which spend most of their time close in. These have fairly limited ranges, often down to 500 ft.

You don't want to make the mistake of putting one of these RX's in a large plane, although some of the better Park Flyer RX's rival their bigger brethren.

RE: airplane out of range
 

Back in the 70's I had a Jensen Ugly Stick that just would not respond. It was too close to be out of range, bad battery maybe. If just flew perfectly level till it was out of sight. Years later getting back into the hobby I was told a Big Stick was not stable for a beginer to fly.