Les Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Well that was the shortest life of any plane I've ever had. My beautiful new Jedi Lift arrived yesterday afternoon. So what a great surprise I had when I got home. Straight into the shed to admire and set up to my transmitter,great everything working spot on. Looked at the wearther for today and bang on Westerly so Pole Cottage on the Long Mynd it is. Phoned work in my best sick voice and of I went😷😆 Four excellent flights so decided to take the new beasts to a speck and go for a speed run,mayday mayday. Well I had no control at all and it came down from around 500feet and buried itself in to the side of the hill😢 Well she was a nice model but no more,it's completely scrapped. No sure but might of been receiver battery failure because it's not holding any charge. What a bummer😣 I'm just about to order a new one again. The Wife's going to kill me😕 R.I.P Jedi Lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f3f Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 **** happens! 😷 Sorry ! Hope you "can find" a way to get a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satinet Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, Les said: Well that was the shortest life of any plane I've ever had. My beautiful new Jedi Lift arrived yesterday afternoon. So what a great surprise I had when I got home. Straight into the shed to admire and set up to my transmitter,great everything working spot on. Looked at the wearther for today and bang on Westerly so Pole Cottage on the Long Mynd it is. Phoned work in my best sick voice and of I went😷😆 Four excellent flights so decided to take the new beasts to a speck and go for a speed run,mayday mayday. Well I had no control at all and it came down from around 500feet and buried itself in to the side of the hill😢 Well she was a nice model but no more,it's completely scrapped. No sure but might of been receiver battery failure because it's not holding any charge. What a bummer😣 I'm just about to order a new one again. The Wife's going to kill me😕 R.I.P Jedi Lift. what sort of RX battery is it? 2/3a? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f3f Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 😈 a "bad" one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, satinet said: what sort of RX battery is it? 2/3a? One of my frsky RX out of one of my Pitbulls and a 2cell 1850 pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett82 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Oh man, reading that just wants to make me cry... I didn't even know you had ordered one. Is it that bad? Please don't say you have already binned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Brett82 said: Oh man, reading that just wants to make me cry... I didn't even know you had ordered one. Is it that bad? Please don't say you have already binned it. The bits are in the skip😢 Just put an order to Baudis for another one. But it will be another 4 month's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 24 minutes ago, f3f said: 😈 a "bad" one Totally destroyed The nose cone is still in the hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett82 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, Les said: The bits are in the skip😢 Just put an order to Baudis for another one. But it will be another 4 month's. That's a pity, but I suppose even if I bought it off you I wouldn't have been able to fix it if you couldn't. Just my over optimistic side again, haha. At least the next one is on order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Brett82 said: That's a pity, but I suppose even if I bought it off you I wouldn't have been able to fix it if you couldn't. Just my over optimistic side again, haha. At least the next one is on order. Yep The Wife's going to go mad,there go's my pay rise money for six months.😭😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtreble Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Ouch - sorry to hear that Les. It's happened to us all at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isoaritfirst Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Tell the wife it was damaged in transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromit Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Gutted for you Les. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 26 minutes ago, mtreble said: Ouch - sorry to hear that Les. It's happened to us all at some point. Like you said Mark it happens. O well time to get over it and move on. But thanks mate See you soon with my new new one😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 17 minutes ago, isoaritfirst said: Tell the wife it was damaged in transit. She wouldn't know one plane from the other. But she dose look at the Bank statements. I think she would be more angry about me pulling a sick day. But I am feeling sick😷 Hopefully a days flying in Wales Sunday should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbey Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 That's a damn shame Les. Lets just hope you Boss doesn't read this thread as well!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oipigface Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Really sorry for you, Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Burgess Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Hard luck Les, I feel for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Hard luck Les. I feel your pain, I lost an FS3 on maiden when the Tx packed up. A double whammy as I wasn't going to fly with that tranny again! Still time to change your order for a straight Jedi? You wouldn't have to go so high to achieve the same speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oipigface Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Brand new colour scheme for my brand new JL: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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