Oddball185
07-26-2009, 11:55 AM
Hey Guys,
I just got my Ul1 in the mail on Friday. ($240 off ebay) Could not wait to get her out on the lake!
So I charged up 2 Reedy 5000 mha 2cell 20c packs and was on my way. I taped her up really well with some radio box tape I found at my LHS and let her rip! All stock including the prop. Ran pretty good, but I could not stay on the throttle it was trying to fly! "Chine walking" or whatever you call it. Than she just took off full speed towards the other side of the lake! I had no control! Lucky for me it quit before hitting shore. Not lucky for me I had now way of getting her back. Finally some kid that had been watching decided he would go in and swim after it! I was really grateful especially because this water is gross! As he was swimming her back he submerged her a couple times so I have no way of knowing when the water got inside but it was FULL! So, after a long story my question is why would it just take off? My batteries where fresh in the TX and I did not go very far so I could not have been out of range. I'm guessing some water must have gotten in there and shorted out the receiver then causing it to quit.
After blowing evrything out with some air looks like there is no damage!?
Again sorry for the long post.
I just got my Ul1 in the mail on Friday. ($240 off ebay) Could not wait to get her out on the lake!
So I charged up 2 Reedy 5000 mha 2cell 20c packs and was on my way. I taped her up really well with some radio box tape I found at my LHS and let her rip! All stock including the prop. Ran pretty good, but I could not stay on the throttle it was trying to fly! "Chine walking" or whatever you call it. Than she just took off full speed towards the other side of the lake! I had no control! Lucky for me it quit before hitting shore. Not lucky for me I had now way of getting her back. Finally some kid that had been watching decided he would go in and swim after it! I was really grateful especially because this water is gross! As he was swimming her back he submerged her a couple times so I have no way of knowing when the water got inside but it was FULL! So, after a long story my question is why would it just take off? My batteries where fresh in the TX and I did not go very far so I could not have been out of range. I'm guessing some water must have gotten in there and shorted out the receiver then causing it to quit.
After blowing evrything out with some air looks like there is no damage!?
Again sorry for the long post.