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<DIV>OHH yesss.... just had that happen this last weekend. I lost the
rudder spring during a stall turn. Then I had to land in 20 mph
crosswind. Very touchy with no feeling on the stick. Had the aileron
ones go out too about one month ago. I think it has more to do with
the age of the unit. My 8UA is about 8yrs old. Plastic gets brittle
with age and especially if it is expose to UV(sunlight). All thought these
little parts are shielded from the sun somewhat I am sure there is still
some exposure when left to Mother Nature.</DIV>
<DIV>AND of course they seem to break at the most inconvenient time...like 4
days before a contest. I guess that's better then during a good round in a
contest.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wayne G..</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=patterndude@comcast.net href="mailto:patterndude@comcast.net">Lance
Van Nostrand</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fire Extinguishers and
Xmitter springs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>A comment about those new springs: I've now seen 3 transmitters
break the plastic hook that holds the spring to the gimbal. On gimbal
broke twice!! first time on the plastic hook and the second on the gimbal
side. Those plastic parts are nit designed for the load of the heavy duty
springs. My transmitter was one of these. I now believe that they
are a nice idea but an impractical one.</DIV>
<DIV>Be warned and be ready to land with no spring center.</DIV>
<DIV>--Lance</DIV>
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<A title=Pattrnflyr@aol.com
href="mailto:Pattrnflyr@aol.com">Pattrnflyr@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fire Extinguishers and Xmitter
springs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Since all this talk about Li-Poly's and such, I was wondering what type
and size fire extinguisher you guys would recommend for your shop.</DIV>
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<DIV>Second question. I recently replaced my gimbal springs with the
Radio South heavy duty springs. The stock springs had grease on
them. Anybody know what type grease you should use on your transmitter
springs?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Bruce</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>