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Post by 19000rpm on Sept 14, 2011 5:39:42 GMT -6
I range test all Rx's at 30 + paces. Period. If it doesn't pass I won't fly it. I've lost a few that did pass though and got lucky on the blue Rx. When I checked it the second go round of bench tests, after the intermitent fades in flight, the light just didn't go on. Then I knew for sure. It wasn't a brown out; it was a Rx gone bad.
I had a AR6110E that I'd been flying quite awhile and I range tested it one day and it failed. Sent it back to Horizon and they said it checked out good and sent it back. Now that's kind of scarey. I have flown it in some small planes since then, but I wouldn't trust it in larger planes or something I'd feel bad if I lost it.
I like the AR7000 too, although I had my favorite TV F-16 spiral in, from straight and level flight, only a few hundred feet away. I've checked the Rx. It seems fine. I checked the servos in the plane. One of the TV servos was bad. That could have caused the crash, I suppose, but it also may have been damaged in the crash. I may send the Rx in to Horizon.
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Post by Raygun on Sept 14, 2011 9:50:13 GMT -6
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Post by 19000rpm on Sept 15, 2011 6:31:59 GMT -6
I guess I was lucky not to crash the plane with that Rx. I was due for some luck. Usually a failure in flight doesn't work out so well. I think I've got a couple of the the blue ones left. Do you suppose they'd trade them out for the 6110E's? I think I tossed the fried one. Didn't think it was worth the bother to get it replaced, but maybe it is for the other ones... Thanks for the compliment on the plane. |
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