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<DIV>Been there with that one, Don...</DIV>
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<DIV>I had a similar experience - except mine involved multiple conditions. This was a couple of years ago when we had the 1 1/2 snap in FAI - I used to flip a switch before the snap and then flip it off afterwards - well, whenever I did the snap I would flame out - this happened to me 3x (1st 3 rounds in a contest) same place, same maneuver, same result - everyone told me my clunk was the problem, idle too low, whatever... turns out I had adjusted the ATV setting for throttle during a practice flight before the contest on the normal condition but neglected to change it on the snap condition - I killed the motor each time whenever I flipped the switch. Boy did I feel stupid after figuring that one out - cost me the contest too.<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Don Ramsey <DONRAMSEY@COX-INTERNET.COM><BR>Sent: Aug 9, 2004 2:26 PM <BR>To: discussion@nsrca.org <BR>Subject: Enlightening Experience <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/ZZZhtml; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name="GENERATOR">
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some things you hate to admit especially when you are the dumbest link in the chain. Hope this might help someone.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thursday I changed transmitters on my plane. Also, on that day I changed to a new type of fuel. During practice, the plane seemed to be a little low on power but not too bad. I only did 2 flights.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Friday we left for the contest in Lubbock. Wind that day was quite strong and I only got one flight on the plane because of a problem. Power was down but it was a little hot, the altitude was 3500 feet where I normally fly at sea level and the strong wind really didn't let me see the power profile.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saturday is gorgeous, cool with only light winds. On the first round I realized my power was far off what I needed. The verticals almost stopped at the top and I was struggling. Before the second round I added half Magnum 1.5 to the new fuel I was trying. Still no power and struggling thought the tops even with smaller maneuvers. Third round, change prop without any help. Fourth round change props again and add some Mag 2 to the fuel mix. Some help but not enough. Sunday, I'm discouraged and still having power problems. Fly poorly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Today I'm looking over my plane and thinking about the contest. For my backup transmitter I have all the setting recorded that are different from the other trx. There is nothing about the throttle there so it must be the same. I got the trx and opened the throttle while looking at the engine. You guessed it, it's only open about 3 quarters. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm still trying to learn the obvious. If you've got a problem, first check the obvious.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don</SPAN></FONT></DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BODY><PRE>
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