One thing to be wary of when hand-launching using expensive radios is that you don't let go with the wrong hand... :-) Yeah, I know - I thought the same. Been hand-launching for years, have now done a lot of discus throwing, never once come close to throwing the radio. Until a couple of weeks ago when I launched my 8UAP while demonstrating the discus thow technique :-( I'd just put on sunblock and my hands were a bit slippery - wasn't a problem until I really went for it on a throw... Luckily I managed to get to the radio while my model was still resonably high, amazingly it was still working fine and I landed the model no problem, even more amazingly not a single one of the switches was broken or damaged! Futaba owners will know how incredible this is! In fact the only damage was that the battery had broken out one end of it's internal box, and since all the bits of plastic were still inside I was able to glue them back together :-) BTW, I'd just bought a Futaba 9Z as my primary radio, but had already decided NOT to use it for hand launch. You can be sure I haven't changed my mind :-) Ciao - Chris ****** Chris Kaiser Auckland, NEW ZEALAND http://rcmodels.co.nz/clubs/asfcnz > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Vandenheuvel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 2 April 2001 23:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RCSE] Profi 4000 for HLG's? > > > Are any of you HLG guiders using a Profi 4000? Is the TX > managable with one > hand during the launch? > TIA > Tim > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
