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This morning I made 3 flights and on the 3rd flight it ended in a crash. First 2 flights was fine and i was pretty much doing the same thing mentioned below.
Components in used:
AXI 2826/10
Castle Creation Phoenix 45A ESC
FP 2170 25C Lipo
Futaba 149DP
Futaba 9CAP
I was about 4 min into the 3rd flight after doing 4-5 inverted flatspins (15 seconds vertical climbs at 80% throttle, downline rolls without throttle then snap into a inverted flat with full controls deflections).
Then I went into normal cruise S&L and realised i cannot reduce power. It felt like it was at full throttle. All control surface were still function properly with not glitches just that cannot reduce power even with throttle at 0%.
Flew till the LVC kicked in thinking i had regain control of the throttle, attemped a landing and upon landing the LVC eased off and the plane went into full throttle on ground. Unfortunately caused some cuts to the buddy who was guiding me.
Checked the connections between the motor, esc and receiver and all were firmly connected. Nothing amiss about the radio settings too checked by another buddy. Reconnecting the components again and no issues controlling the throttle this time.
Motor, esc, receiver, battery all were placed at least 7-10 cm radius of each other in the plane. I have used this setup for at least 10 flights in total before the fateful incident.
Question now is what do you think went wrong? Anyway to ascertain if the components are still airworthy?
Components in used:
AXI 2826/10
Castle Creation Phoenix 45A ESC
FP 2170 25C Lipo
Futaba 149DP
Futaba 9CAP
I was about 4 min into the 3rd flight after doing 4-5 inverted flatspins (15 seconds vertical climbs at 80% throttle
Then I went into normal cruise S&L and realised i cannot reduce power. It felt like it was at full throttle. All control surface were still function properly with not glitches just that cannot reduce power even with throttle at 0%.
Flew till the LVC kicked in thinking i had regain control of the throttle, attemped a landing and upon landing the LVC eased off and the plane went into full throttle on ground. Unfortunately caused some cuts to the buddy who was guiding me.
Checked the connections between the motor, esc and receiver and all were firmly connected. Nothing amiss about the radio settings too checked by another buddy. Reconnecting the components again and no issues controlling the throttle this time.
Motor, esc, receiver, battery all were placed at least 7-10 cm radius of each other in the plane. I have used this setup for at least 10 flights in total before the fateful incident.
Question now is what do you think went wrong? Anyway to ascertain if the components are still airworthy?
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