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| The Dumb Thumb & The Funky Chicken It happens to the best of us! Discuss your balled up wrecks here. Airplanes and Heli's. |
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04-12-2006, 11:21 PM
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| Met her in Baghdad...   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Age: 39
Posts: 373
 |  Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death
I hate to see a family member (a real one, as well as FG family) lose a new bird. Sorry for the loss, but the best thing you can do is get another one ready to take its place. They all crash, yours just short circuited the process a little. What is next?? |
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04-13-2006, 08:12 AM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: US OF FREAK'N A BABY Age: 34
Posts: 217
| Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death
Actaully Trey got it right off the bat.The crystal popped out.It was the only thing that I did not check and could not find anywhere in the aftermath. So Trey send me your address and I will send you a mystery prize.And no guys it will not be a turd in a sack. |
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04-13-2006, 10:35 AM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Age: 28
Posts: 601
| Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death
Here we go. the freking crash pics...... Im about as sick as Big D. Believe it or not there is a motor in that top right pic......See the Can. its still attached... |
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04-13-2006, 12:19 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: US OF FREAK'N A BABY Age: 34
Posts: 217
| Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death
I just got done puking.Man that was a new engine.Thank god the ground was soft.The engine does not look that bad just looking at it though.Only the muffler and ignition are really wasted.Off to AI in a few weeks I guess.
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04-13-2006, 12:38 PM
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| I'm your Huckleberry  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lower Alabama
Posts: 248
| Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death
Throttlestick, I'm very sad to hear about your loss. Any crash is bad enough, but a crash on the maiden is a real heart breaker. I was wondering what kind of receiver you were using. My Futaba receivers have a tight-fitting plastic cap that attaches over the crystal to hold it in place. I was just wondering if I need to tape over this cover as well. I've used Futaba for about 25 years and never had a crystal pop out. Please don't take this as an argument for Futaba or against any other radio brand. I know there are other brands just as good or better. It's just that, since I only use Futaba, I am not familiar with the design of other brand receivers, so I don't know if others have this same cap over the crystal or not. Just want to make sure that the same thing doesn't happen to me if there's anything I can do to prevent it.
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04-13-2006, 12:43 PM
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| Met her in Baghdad... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Age: 39
Posts: 373
| Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death
good question BigJ. The caps are excellent, but many receivers don't have them. Also, gassers are vibrating machines and it is just a safe practice to put tape over them anyway. Even on my foamys I put tape over the crystal just in case... even though it is a little cheap GWS receiver. My receivers with the plastic cover are excellent and probably will never come out, but I am too scared now to chance it. Just in case.... |
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04-13-2006, 12:44 PM
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| LOWER!!!!!!!!!   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hernando MS
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| Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death Damn JR radios!!! Sorry for your loss...... If they would fix a few of there long standing issues I might buy one and try it out, But I have seen about 4 birds go in due to the crystal ejection system that seems to be built into there reciver's, Hell one of them had tape on it and it stll came out....... Buddy |
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04-13-2006, 01:34 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: STONY POINT N.Y USA Age: 55
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 | Re: Aviation models Yak 54 33% maiden and death
sorry to hear about the yak, i had a similar problem with a 44% extra i had took off flew a few laps then all the sudden the plane got sluggish wouldnt turn the way it was supposed to. landed and discovered 1/2 of the plane was dead. was running 2 recievers (luckily the throttle was on the second reciever) after looking inside saw crystal laying in the bottom of the fuse, all i can say is im a firm believer in splittin the plane up on 2 recievers
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