NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/rec/models/rc/3530

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From: [e-mail] (Bill Gingras)
Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
Subject: Airtronics Batt Pack W/ Futaba Rx
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Date: 28 Aug 92 14:45:00 GMT
Organization: HP Stanford Park - Palo Alto, CA
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This is another one of those questions that was recently answered on the
net but I wasn't paying attention at the time.......

Anyway, I recently bought an Airtronics 100 ma flight pack to use with a
Futaba Rx.  I figure that if I file off the three tabs on the bottom of
the Airtronics connector and reverse the power and ground leads, it
should work with the Rx.  What I want to know is, if the power connector
is plugged in backward, will I ruin the Rx?  On a power connector, only
the middle and one of the end pins on the connector are used, so I
figure if it is plugged in backward, the middle pin would be connected
and the end pin would be floating, causing no damage.  The socket on the
Rx, however, DOES have three pins in it, making my theory somewhat
suspicious.

Thanks!

- Bill G