Jetpainter
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The forecast yesterday morning when I got up at 5 was pretty rainy looking for most of the day, not to mention foggy. By 7am most of the rain was out of the forecast so I packed up and went out. It turned out to be a pretty good day. Kinda windy at times, but loads of fun was had. I put 4 flights on the Hangar 9 Extra 300X. Man that DA120 is really coming to life.
I did have one odd thing happen. On the third flight, when I went to turn on the ignition, the red LED for the Tech-Aero Ultra IBEC didn't come on. I cycled the kill switch several times and it never came on. Then, as we were standing there starring at it, it came on. I turned the plane off and back on, and the LED came right on. I'm wondering if the receiver had not synced to the transmitter for some reason, and sensing no signal, the IBEC didn't come on. I should have checked the lights on the satellites, but by the time I thought of that, it came on. It ran perfectly. I actually started on the first flip that time.
I think my new starting glove is a keeper. Between last weekend and yesterday, it has started DA120's a total of 14 times between Tony's and my airplanes, and the glove doesn't has a single mark on it. I think this one is going to last awhile.
I did have one odd thing happen. On the third flight, when I went to turn on the ignition, the red LED for the Tech-Aero Ultra IBEC didn't come on. I cycled the kill switch several times and it never came on. Then, as we were standing there starring at it, it came on. I turned the plane off and back on, and the LED came right on. I'm wondering if the receiver had not synced to the transmitter for some reason, and sensing no signal, the IBEC didn't come on. I should have checked the lights on the satellites, but by the time I thought of that, it came on. It ran perfectly. I actually started on the first flip that time.
I think my new starting glove is a keeper. Between last weekend and yesterday, it has started DA120's a total of 14 times between Tony's and my airplanes, and the glove doesn't has a single mark on it. I think this one is going to last awhile.