I thought I was the dimmest bulb in the pack. Not to say you are of course; lol....
Like the time that little 3 mm set screw on the 450's tail rotor hub was coming loose. All at the time I'm trying to set the new ESC's governor. It wasn't until after a few take offs I noticed the tail rotor stop while I was spooling up. Whoa! what's up with that! I keep it at center stick and walk over to it. I noticed that the belt is running fine. I stood there looking at for a few seconds wondering what's wrong now. Then the blind man sees the solution. A loose 3 mm set screw, Whoopsie...
Oh and how about the time I sent Tony a picture of my 450 after a belt and tail hub overhaul. He takes one look and immediately sent back one short sentence, and I quote; "those blades are on backwards!" LOL!! Have you any idea how long I flew it like that...
I was a Honda Tech most of my life. I remember way back in the beginning, I was working part time in the morning at a gas station learning to fix cars and pumping gas. I went to school in the afternoon to further my mechanical skills. Well one morning I went to work hung over to the max. I was gabbing with the customer. After I finished the credit paper work I said, see you later. The car pulls away and it's then I see I left the
hose in the car! Me and another employee start yelling stop, stop!! To late! The hose gets pull all the way out and there's a bang as the nozzle gets ripped from the car. I was ready for one of those Hollywood expositions! But no damage anywhere but I still felt like a dumb ass for sure...
Then years later while working for Goodyear I was distracted by one of the salesman. That resulted in me forgetting to tighten the lug nuts. I parked it out in the lot myself and didn't notice anything wrong. But when the customer got in to leave, that car didn't get 20 feet till the left front tire fell off. DOH!! I was so pissed at myself for letting that happen! That accident led to me modifying my procedure. From that day forward, if the wheels are not torqued, the torque wrench is left on the ground near the drivers door for jack stands. If I'm using a rack, I put the torque wrench on the drivers side floor so I have to trample the thing before I forget to use it. Never had another accident in over 30 years... Nice...
Ok update time for the 130s...
I contacted Horizon Hobby back when we were all talking about the RXs plug placement. They replied back with useless information like, "that information is in your manual"... Really! I told them I have the manual and that info ain't in there. Today I told them were past that and I need to know how to register my RX with out a serial #..
That way I can flash it and see if that solves the problem. I do have the receipt. And I know where to get the proper data cable...
Yup it's got to be a little something I'm missing. I really do want to figure it out and tell everybody how I missed it again. Well at least that way everyone knows that strange things do indeed happen.
Thanks everyone and remember, air 3 needs you! Stay tuned; the mission continues...……………
