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Thanks for this report John. Sorry for the loss of that beautiful FW-190 but glad you know what happened. So often, we never really know why and blame the radio.</div>
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Now finish that Hellcat!</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> AlaskaRC <alaskarc-bounces@lists.alaskarc.org> on behalf of John Cooley via AlaskaRC <alaskarc@lists.alaskarc.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 15, 2019 11:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Cooley; Mr. Njell Jefferson Cooley; Kirsten Shilling; ARCS mailing list; Joel Cooley; Jack Cooley<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Holly Cooley<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AlaskaRC] Accident Report on loss of model FW-190 A-4 on July 13, 2019</font>
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<div class="PlainText">The following is a report on the cause of the loss of my model of a FW-190 A-4 at the Scale contest on July 13, 2019 at Groeschelle Field, Point MacKenzie, Alaska.<br>
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Model was a SkyShark kit, 1/7 scale, with an OS61engine and retracts controlled with a Futaba 7UAP programable, single model, non-computer radio.<br>
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Proximate Cause: Pilot error, inadvertent command of a snap-roll on climb out following the retraction of landing gear.<br>
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The snap roll function was programmed but inhibited by “gear down” switch. I had used this radio on a pattern airplane in the late 80’s or early 90’s and used the landing gear switch to inhibit or enable snap rolls. However, I did not reconfigure the radio
to “original” when that plane was retired. I failed to check all of the settings when installing the radio in the FW-190 model, I just adjusted the first five functions for the new model. The radio was only used for this model which had not been flown recently.
Therefore I was less familiar with the radio, forgot that the snap roll switch was just below the gear switch.<br>
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Lesson Learned: Check out all of the radio control functions when installing a radio in a new airplane.
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