The issue of a TX that is not properly tuned strikes close to home. On a recent slope trip I experienced a great deal of radio interference. A few weeks after the trip I learned that one of the fellows on the trip with us was changing crystals in his TX and I believe that was the reason for the trouble......an out of tune TX.
Wouldn't it make sense at an event like the NATS that the impound area scan all TX's before allowing them on the field. It seems that this extra effort would have saved you and many others the expense, frustration and disappointment. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] AVA Issue at Nats > That's just a tough situation all around which really affected me last > week, and I am having a tough time writing publicly about it, so I won't > write much... > > No respectful pilot on a contest field ever tries to shoot anyone down, it > is always some sort of accident. Unfortunately at a contest like the Nats, > your crashed flight gets scored, so not only do you lose the model, > (probably your primary in that situation), unless you are flying an event > that allows a throw out round, you acquire a score that will basically > takes you out of the top 10 too. You may loose that model for other events > later in the week, and if the model is hard to get, you may loose it for > several contests in the future. It's just not a nice situation to be in. > > I lost two of my favorite models last week with radio situations that were > out of my control, my green ICON lite that I was very successful with, and > my brand new AVA that was really growing on me as model that I liked. > > The thing I learned this year at Nats was how generous other pilots can be > when you are in that situation (which I had never been in), and I had so > many guys step up and either offer lending models to me or parts. It was > unbelievable! I am still so touched by all of this. Jim McCarthy lent me > his F3J ICON to fly in UNL right after my ICON lite piled in in F3J, and > when my AVA was destroyed in RES it was Capn' Jack who was first over and > lent me his Aquila Grande XL so I could finish the RES contest. > > You can quit or you can fly... my friends helped me so that I could fly, > and that is really cool. > > > > > At 01:45 PM 7/28/2003, Bill Swingle wrote: > > >> >>a radio that was supposed to be on channel 42, > >> >>but was alternately pounding channel 41 and channel 43 > >> >>TX owner is sending his box in for tuning and check up. > > > > > >This is an awful situation. Just out of curiosity; what was done (if > >anything) regarding restitution? > > > >Bill Swingle > >Janesville, CA > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >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. > > Jim > Downers Grove, IL > Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV > ICQ 6997780 R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net > > 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. > 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.
