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| Crash and Burn (Dumb Thumb) It happens to the best of us! Discuss your balled up wrecks here. Airplanes and Heli's. |
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06-19-2009, 12:14 AM
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| Fly Yes! Land NO!   Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Steinbach, MB, Canada
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 |  No Crash, Just BURN
Lanier RC 40% Edge 540 ZDZ 160 A123 (3 pairs)... Fly well when heated. Spectrum Powersafe Receiver. Hitec 5955 (cases are still recognizable) Just did some cleaning and tightening up on it last night. Brought it out to the field and turned on the ignition after putting in 40 oz. of fuel. Trust you all will enjoy the pic more than I. Only had the cell phone handy. Respectfully, Greg Penner (the unrespected) |
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06-19-2009, 12:26 AM
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| Fly Yes! Land NO! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Steinbach, MB, Canada
Posts: 12
| Re: No Crash, Just BURN
Only thing I can figure is a short somewhere in the ignition system. Engine died in flight the previous day which is only the fourth time out of about 80 flights. Fueled, turned on the ignition... POOF! Not enought left to fill an icecream pail outside of the engine block.
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06-19-2009, 11:02 AM
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| Gettin' Lower!  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Strasburg, VA
Posts: 65
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Ouch! I'll be packing the fire extinguisher from now on. I also just had a ZDZ ignition system crap out on me. I think I overloaded it with voltage... didn't pay close enough attention to the range printed on the side of the case. Falkon must really like their ignitions... $175 for a replacement! I don't think so.
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Feb 2006
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06-19-2009, 11:20 AM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belton, TX Age: 28
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| Re: No Crash, Just BURN  Wow.
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06-19-2009, 11:24 AM
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| Easy like Sunday morning...  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Suwanee, GA. Age: 31
Posts: 1,495
| Re: No Crash, Just BURN
HO-LEE-CRAP!!!!
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06-19-2009, 12:15 PM
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| Fuel Burner  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Monrovia, MD
Posts: 163
| Re: No Crash, Just BURN
Yes, one of things bad about using a battery with a high current capability. I accidently shorted the 22ga wires connected to my A123 2300ma cells and the wires lit up like a light bulb before they burnt in two. Sorry for your loss...
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06-19-2009, 07:25 PM
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| Fly Yes! Land NO! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Steinbach, MB, Canada
Posts: 12
| Re: No Crash, Just BURN
I was using A123 2300s. Had three sets in there. I don't believe there was any fault with the batteries them selves... Someone else suggested that it might have been a back-fire...? Is that possible? I just got a call from someone who has a used Carden 540. (thinking) Thanks for comments. Life does go on. |
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