Wingspan- 81"
Length- 64.5"
Weight- 8 lbs
Engine- O.S. .91 Surpass II w/pump
Unfortunately this isn't a good update. On Wednesday, May 21st, 2003 the Cessna was lost. Turning onto it's base leg, on it's fourth flight of the evening, the radio cut out just long enough to roll it into the ground Still am not sure what happened. The reciever works fine. The battery still showed 4.96 volts under load, and the transmitter showed 10.2 volts. The only sign of electrical damaged was a melted battery connector. However, the female connector it was plugged into showed no sign of heat damage. Oh well. If you can't handle crashin' 'em; don't fly 'em.
Tony
Cause of the crash discovered. After losing a combat plane the very next week, I decided to examine the transmitter a little. I found that the pins that go into the RF module wiggled just enough to break the connection. (Broken solder joints) I have found this to be a common problem on the Futaba 8U radios. The transmitter has been sent in, but will be sold to purchase a new JR 8103.
Tony
