Jeff, I fully agree with you about the lost model locator. Walston's are great but too expensive for me to put in all my planes and too inconvenient for me to remember to move it around.
I have had great success with this Lost Model Locator/Battery status device sold by California Sailplanes. It looks very similar to the one you mention. http://www.californiasailplanes.com/accessories/Lost%20model%20alarm%20New.htm It is tiny and fits easily in any of my sailplanes, my DLG or my parkflyers. I put them in and leave them in there. Every time I turn on the power to the receiver, it tells me the voltage of the receiver pack under load. I recommend them all the time! Turns a downed plane in to an inconvenience rather than a long hunt. Best Regards, Ed Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Soaring" <Soaring@airage.com> To: <Soaring@airage.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: Soaring V1 #7265 > > Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:17:43 -0600 > From: Jeff Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: soaring@airage.com > Subject: Re: Redundancy > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > One other little $20 item that has saved quite a few gliders in our club > is the SkyKing Lost Model Locater. > http://www.skykingrcproducts.com/accessories/lostmodel/lost_rc_model_alarm.html > > Not only does it tell you how many volts you have (under load) with 4 or > 5 cell RX packs and, of course, loudly screech a variety of sounds so > you can find your lost glider in the worst of terrain, but when your > battery level drops too low it beeps constantly to warn you of that > dangerous condition. > > I'll admit the in-flight low battery alarm is of more use to slope & HLG > fliers, who keep their gliders in closer than thermal or task flyers, > but it can be very handy if your plane goes down regardless of how you > fly. It costs way less than a Picolario too, so you can put one in > every plane you fly, whether you use FM or PCM. It's saved my molded > gliders a few times when my RX pack emptied faster than I thought it > would, besides the countless times it has helped me find a downed glider. > > I've tried several lost model locaters, but this is the only one I've > seen that does more than just beep...beep...beep, and is much easier to > hear from afar than the rest I've seen. > > Of course I also like the idea of redundant batteries & switches. > Surely Mouser or some other electronics supplier has better switches > than the ones we're using though, right? Has anyone found an especially > high-quality switch that they like which is compatible with RC systems? > > Jeff Thompson > > ------------------------------ > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
