Back in September my dad was flying my aerobird at our farm about dusk. The plane got away from him and he couldn't see in with it being so dusk. So the next day we went searching where we thought it went down but we didn't have any luck we continued to search for it over the next weeks. This past Sunday my brother was checking some fence that runs through a tree line and sure enough he found her perfectly resting in a tree. I put a different battery in it and after all those months she still worked I couldn't believe it.

If you love something, let it go,
If it comes back to you, it's yours.

Congrats on finding it again Bonus it still flies![8D]

Luke[8D]

there is someone on the boards (dunno name, has a dog in his avatar) that uses that in his sig line, i guess it is true!

sean

Good, makes sure that no condensation is trapped in the receiver then you are good

I think it went something like this: "If you love that plane, set it free. If it dosen't return, you should've checked your battery."

3D-kid330

Huh?

Of all the threads in all the forums in all the universe, how did you turn up here?

Surely you couldn't have been eavesdropping?

Lost planes have a sentimental meaning to me[&o] Somewhere over Northern Alberta, maybe even the Northwest Territory, there is my beloved Golberg Tiger flying in circles.[&o]
All because my battery went dead.

look at the bright side, at least it still flies

scottrc, proves that a good preflight check is always benefitial.

yeah 2 weeks ago we had a guy at are field lose his midstar to battery failure he had to stand there and watch it fly away, after he knew it was doomed he folded up his antenna and walked back to the pits then went out and found it, poor guy the plane was totaled

waaay back when I was a newbie, I had a duraplane, and a Kadet MkII. The Kadett was my primary trainer, and I was getting pretty good. My instructor had checked out the duraplane, and it was a nice stable flyer (I think I had a .20 in it). So anyway, One day I was so full of myself, I decided to take out the duraplane by myself. Got it in the air and was flying around, no problem. Needed some trim, and had to take my eyes off the plane. When I found it, it was in a slow spiral, and I confidentelly started trimming it again (watching the plane). Appearently, I was so concentrated on the trim, I forgot to fly the dang plane, and it went into the weeds several hundred yards away.

Many searches never turned this plane up.

Then one day, while a the field, these guys come up with my plane. They had seen it while flying their ultralight near the field, retrieved it, and brough it in. Turns out that the plane had spent a good part of the summer with its nose in a water filled ditch. I still have that engine (bushing engine), but never trusted the servo that had been under water, and only put the other servos on throttles, until I started using J connectors (these were G connectors). The Rx I never used again, even though it was high and dry.

John

I put my name, address and phone number on all my planes for all of the reason's listed in the event I lose one (usually on the bottom). Hopefully if it's ever found, whoever it is will be honest enough to give me a call!

Chris.