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Safety - RC Helis are not toys > What happend on hot start?
 
 
caseyjholmes
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Location: SoCal

My Posts This: Topic  Forum

haha,
you guys have me scared now.
I have not hot started yet.. thank goodness.
but the other day I turned on my TX and fired up my 90. Why was it idling so high? Figured it would warm up. Walked it out to the flight line and set it down. Tried to take off but no throttle response?
What did I miss?

Forgot to pull the pin on my Arizona Reg to turn on the receiver!

If the throttle had been open any more, I would have started under throttle and probably whacked myself up good and not know what to do.
(I fly the 90 alone most of the time but as safe as I possibly know how)
Thanks, now I know to stay calm, grab on, step on it and pinch the pipe shut!

You learn something new every day.

To fix my mistake of forgetting the reg power pin, I now took the red "remove before flight" ribbon tied to the pin and slip it over my remote glow head. This way, before I can even start the engine, I have to pull the pin and ribbon off the glow head to turn on receiver power.

Every detail counts!
05-22-2009 05:16 PM
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Vibe Ration
Senior Heliman
Location: Mont-Laurier, Qc, Canada

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		OMG... hot start on a 90... don't want to think about it!

Vibe 50, Gaui 200EX, DX7se
05-22-2009 05:20 PM
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eMeNeX
Heliman
Location: Northern Virginia

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I would not want to hot start a 90. I fly alone 95% of the time.
05-22-2009 07:52 PM
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TachyonDriver
Key Veteran
Location: Chipping, Lancs, UK

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Raptor 30 hot start... YES we can hold it.... I speak from experience

Tach.

Little Spinning Bundle of Joy® DON'T DISS THE DINO!!
05-26-2009 03:44 PM
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Scotty43dN559
New Heliman
Location: Visalia Ca

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Ive hott started a Rapter 30 v2 a few times by accident-- It wasnt that badd to hold on too--- Just the noise was loud-- and a smoked clutch!

HickSpanic
05-26-2009 08:58 PM
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CJames
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Location: Back in KCmo

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Done it two weeks ago with my 50. Wasn't holding the head very tight and it twisted out of my grip, but caught it with my other hand before it could spin more then half spin, other then some brusies and a hurt ego, the heli and I both were fine.

I'm allways right 97% of the time..............So who cares about the other 4%??
06-19-2009 07:46 PM
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Vibe Ration
Senior Heliman
Location: Mont-Laurier, Qc, Canada

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I'm glad you've not been hurt!

Vibe 50, Gaui 200EX, DX7se
06-20-2009 02:24 PM
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ruddernate
Key Veteran
Location: sulphur,Ok.

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		hot started my raptor 50v2 about a year ago. i held on to the head and turned to tell the wife to yank the fuel line while i grabbed my tx with the other hand. when i looked up she already had a good 100 yards of sprinting under her feet. never seen her run that fast before nor since. that one shredded the entire clutch bell and all.



fly it like you stole it
06-22-2009 03:29 AM
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Vibe Ration
Senior Heliman
Location: Mont-Laurier, Qc, Canada

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		hahahaha.... I liked the sprinting wife!

Vibe 50, Gaui 200EX, DX7se
06-22-2009 01:39 PM
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JRjoe
Elite Veteran
Location: Portage, IN USA #1

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Hot started a 90 more than once myself. No big deal as long as you have a good grip in the blade holder. Usually its just the stick bumped up a little, no biggie just rerach over and pull it down.


Can't be scared of it....!!!!!


JRjoe
Indoor plumbing??? No, we don't need that!!!
06-27-2009 08:30 PM
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VooDooX
Key Veteran
Location: San Francisco Bay Area CA, US (San Mateo)

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		i had a hot start once had the tx on me tho and hit thold i had a good hold on the blades so nothing bad happened you can hold it its not that hard either

99.9999999999999% of an atom is empty space
07-01-2009 06:25 PM
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iflymyhelishigh
Heliman
Location: Chantilly, Northern Virginia

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		No hot start, yet, I hope I won't have one soon.

Electrics will rip through the gear, but it won't turn off. There is no fuel line on an electric. I have actually thought about finding 3 switches and having those control the brushless motor. either that or a single switch with 3 separate prongs for on and off.

T-Rex 450SE DX7 430L 3550 35G 401 65MG all around
08-06-2009 03:55 AM
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ShuRugal
Senior Heliman
Location: Blacksburg, VA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		a good tripple-pole switch would probably be a great idea on a brushless heli. the problem is gonna be finding one that can take the voltage/amperage, you can bet sure as hell radioshack wont have them laying around, though they can probably order one for you.

AMA 700159
08-06-2009 04:23 AM
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baby_zyklon
Key Veteran
Location: Singapore

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Had a few hot start on my 90 size. You really feel the power and torque of the engine in the short few seconds. It isn't anymore danagerous to hot start a 90 size than a 50 size as long as you have a grip on the main blade. I think the point is that as long as the main blades don't spin up, damage will be minimal, usually just the clutch liner.

#61 on the 700N list and Proud of it.
08-06-2009 05:02 AM
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JasonJ
Senior Heliman
Location: North Idaho

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		My very first start on my R50 was a hot start. My throttle was reversed in the radio (due to massive retardation on my part) so it went full throttle immediately. Because I had poured over RR and HF, it was a non-event. I had a good grip on a blade holder, and when it started, I just closed the fuel line clamp. It was off very quickly, and no clutch damage.
08-06-2009 05:47 AM
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