View Single Post
Old 12-24-2007, 04:48 PM   #15
catman3070
Bad-ass Super Contributer!
 
catman3070's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Franklin, MA
Age: 41
Posts: 712
Default Re: Smart Fly Optical Kill Switch

Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpea
View Post
Sure you can do all that......but

There have times when I need to kill the engine now! Taking the battery out of the loop is the fastest way to do it! I use both smart-fly and Electro Dynamics optical kills.

Also all that mixing means absolutely nothing when your throttle servo fails, gets hung-up or you have some other problem that needs the engine killed.
This is absolutely correct. I never used to run kill switches until I had a throttle servo jam at just under half with a full tank. Longest 25 minutes I have ever flown. Looking on the positive I can almost do a rolling circle with my eyes closed now.
__________________
Sponsored by Visa/Mastercard and anything I can hide from the wife!
catman3070 is offline   Reply With Quote