On Jul 17, 2007, at 6:43 PM, David VanHorn wrote:

>>
>> - Flight controls FREE and CORRECT.
>>
>> Sounds like he didn't really give 'em a good yank during the standard
>> pre-flight.   What a moron.
>
> Happens all the time.  A friend of mine crashed a very nice model
> helicopter that way.
> His "preflight" was to wiggle all the sticks at once, and see that
> everything was moving.
> Unfortunately, two servos were in the wrong plugs.
>
> They wiggled, but his ability to hover was significantly impaired.

Hmm, I just re-read this and saw the word "model".

Well, I bet the crash was a lot less spectacular and hopefully less  
likely to hurt someone... although I suppose a model helo could still  
do some pretty severe damage to your average human not wearing  
various forms of protection!  :-)

--
Nate Duehr
nate@natetech.com



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