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I would use the electronics in my new Ultra Bandit, no worries
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Are these components safe to re-use?
07-26-2009, 10:47 PM
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Are these components safe to re-use?
This plane was flown through a tree at 90+ MPH. The servos (JR 8611a for flight controls, JR 8231 for throttle), receiver (JR 1221), satellite receivers, switches and regulators (Fromeco) Batteries (Fromeco LiON), motor (DA 50-R) will be sent back to there respective distributors/manufacture for check up and repair.
The question is, would you feel safe using these components again in YOUR airplane.
The question is, would you feel safe using these components again in YOUR airplane.
07-27-2009, 12:35 AM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
test them..and after that you will see if you can re use it....or just send them to JR and DA for inspection. Its better to pay that than lose another airplane.
07-27-2009, 07:05 AM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
What level of testing/inspection do you think is done by Horizion.
would you purchase a plane with crash damaged servos/receiver that had been sent back to Horizon and "inspected" and pay the same price for a plane with used but never crashed components?
would you purchase a plane with crash damaged servos/receiver that had been sent back to Horizon and "inspected" and pay the same price for a plane with used but never crashed components?
07-27-2009, 08:49 AM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
After an inspection I would use them no problem.
DA is going to check for a bent crank and any leaks, Horizon is going to check servo gears, pots and amplifiers, and more than likely do a vibration test. If they sign off on the equipment I would use it again in anything I wanted.
Let's face it the resale in this hobby is crazy low, will a crash lower their value? Probably a little but if it was sent back and you have the paperwork I am sure it wouldn't be that much.
DA is going to check for a bent crank and any leaks, Horizon is going to check servo gears, pots and amplifiers, and more than likely do a vibration test. If they sign off on the equipment I would use it again in anything I wanted.
Let's face it the resale in this hobby is crazy low, will a crash lower their value? Probably a little but if it was sent back and you have the paperwork I am sure it wouldn't be that much.
07-27-2009, 08:52 AM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
jake, do you know if Horizon does a vibration test? I don't know.
but now i DO know a place that the servo's could be sold!!
but now i DO know a place that the servo's could be sold!!
07-27-2009, 08:57 AM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
Well the best thing to do is call them and ask what is done. I am pretty sure they do that to the receivers.
This being said I don't recall hearing of someone sending something back like this for repair and having a malfunction due to it not being repaired properly. I have seen worse crashes and people use the gear after it's been checked out without issue. Heck I have seen some not get it checked out, do a range check and go fly. I just don't think that gamble is worth it.
This being said I don't recall hearing of someone sending something back like this for repair and having a malfunction due to it not being repaired properly. I have seen worse crashes and people use the gear after it's been checked out without issue. Heck I have seen some not get it checked out, do a range check and go fly. I just don't think that gamble is worth it.
07-27-2009, 09:57 AM
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As for all the electrical components, including batteries, switches, servos, RX etc..:
If they work, then they work. You can't predict when they will fail after that kind of crash. They might work today and fail tomorrow or next season.
But they are too expensive to throw away and I couldn't sell them to anyone without letting them know up front that the components have been crashed.
I'd send the servos and RX to Horizon. If they give the servos a clean bill of health, then all you can do is fly them or sell them with the paperwork.
I'd inspect the motor myself, but a lot of guys aren't comfortable with that, so send it in.
I'd buy new batteries and switches. Those components are much less shock resistant than the others.
If they work, then they work. You can't predict when they will fail after that kind of crash. They might work today and fail tomorrow or next season.
But they are too expensive to throw away and I couldn't sell them to anyone without letting them know up front that the components have been crashed.
I'd send the servos and RX to Horizon. If they give the servos a clean bill of health, then all you can do is fly them or sell them with the paperwork.
I'd inspect the motor myself, but a lot of guys aren't comfortable with that, so send it in.
I'd buy new batteries and switches. Those components are much less shock resistant than the others.
07-27-2009, 10:47 AM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
I keep an old beater airplane around to test fly new and repaired receivers and servos. I don't care if it crashes. I'll not put repaired or even new electronics in a $3,000 airplane. I do run servos in on a servo tester for an hour or so to check them. I use varying loads on the servos. Batteries and switches get replaced without question.
07-27-2009, 04:53 PM
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Everything electrical or having gears gets checked by a qualified tech and the supporting manufacturer. Any other course is fool hardy, irresponsible, and asking for trouble. Hit somthing or someone later due to a failure in a reused crash component and you'll find out just how expensive your desire to be cheap was.
07-27-2009, 11:10 PM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
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I keep an old beater airplane around to test fly new and repaired receivers and servos. I don't care if it crashes.
I keep an old beater airplane around to test fly new and repaired receivers and servos. I don't care if it crashes.
We have guys at our club that constantly crash and always blame their gear - yet they take it out of one crappy plane and put it all into another (without testing) and do it all over to crash again.
Pot luck I guess.
07-29-2009, 12:41 AM
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RE: Are these components safe to re-use?
Sounds like their luck is in the pot...
I've developed a habit when assemblig a new plane to always use new electrical high quality components. A little pricey but I haven't had an electrical issue in years and a lot of planes. I never re-use a long extension figuering that they've been pretty well stress tested through all the aerobatics. Used switches are always suspect. Batteries are installed so there is never any stress on either end of the power wire and are carefully checked before use in anothe plane.
I've developed a habit when assemblig a new plane to always use new electrical high quality components. A little pricey but I haven't had an electrical issue in years and a lot of planes. I never re-use a long extension figuering that they've been pretty well stress tested through all the aerobatics. Used switches are always suspect. Batteries are installed so there is never any stress on either end of the power wire and are carefully checked before use in anothe plane.
