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- From: bencze@isl.stanford.edu (William J. Bencze)
- Subject: Re: out of control
- In-Reply-To: sbixby@cup.portal.com's message of Mon, 4 Jan 93 10:23:33 PST
- Message-ID: <BENCZE.93Jan6094228@isl.stanford.edu>
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- Organization: Stanford University
- References: <rcb.725905722@news.ncsu.edu> <seanm.31m4@terapin.com> <72854@cup.portal.com>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 09:42:28
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- An easy solution to the "accidentally turning off the receiver"
- problem is to change the switch entirely! I use a 3/32" phono
- plug and jack like those found on small transistor radios. They
- are designed with a built-in switch which is used to turn off the
- speaker and reroute the audio to the headphones. I mount the
- jack (female) half in the fuselage with the jack's hole sticking
- through the fuse via a 1/8" hole. These jacks are fairly small
- and it is easy to mount it so that the end of the threaded flange
- is flush with the fuse on the outside (I do away with the
- mounting nut, and just epoxy the thing in). I wire it us so that
- the receiver is turned on when the plug (male half) is removed;
- on the ground I insert the plug to turn the plane's electronics
- off. It's also helpful to attach a 1' or so piece of red ribbon
- to the plug to make it easy to see that the plane is turned on or
- off. The ribbon also makes a nice "remove before flight"
- streamer, just like the big planes have! (Tell the gullible that
- it's your pitot tube cover!).
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- As an added bonus, you can wire an extra plug up to your
- recharger and then charge the plane through the "switch" (be sure
- you wire everything properly or you can kill your NiCds)
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- The necessary parts are available at Radio Shack or any other
- electronics parts store. If anyone wants additional details, let
- me know!
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- -Bill
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- Bill Bencze bencze@isl.stanford.edu
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