The gear getting stuck causes a big voltage drop. My BEC blew due to a stuck gear. This happened to me with the Freewing F-16. I now use a separate receiver battery, and upgraded ESC and make sure the gears are always perfect on any plane I fly. Stock esc cannot handle the abuse of anything going wrong.
I know that retracts are cool, but it seems that they all have some kind of problem, so I have never got a plane with retracts, plus I only have a 6 channel, but good too know.
I had something like that happen to me with a turbine on take off, as soon as I put the gear up the plane with into a right hand bank and I couldn't get out of it. It circle around the field then crash in the middle of the runway where I had. The only think I could think of. Did the flaps change direction one higher or lower then the other or did the aileron change direction. I wasn't in a turn with this all happen. Yeah man I know your pain.
Low voltage to blue box. Reset under 3 volts. I had tested this on multiple jets. When flaps / gear and lights. Are on a normal 3 min flight. Volts drop
Powerbox Core and Powerbox 9 & 7 channel receivers. A brown out was what I checked the logs for but could not find any sign of an electrical problems. Radio connection was 100% as well.
Yes people do not realize that the electric gears draw so much amps that actually brown out the rx, I use Inav and I do isolate the gears power wires only signal goes into the receiver with ground for positive I use another batterie, I did a test on the ground and cycle the gear and in one of those retractions, the plane when crazy and no only that wipe out the complete setup of the flight controller like I never saw before, so yes those retracts draw so much amps all goes down after that.
I had two AF Models T-45s. Both had gear problems and both crashed for no reason. Have a friend with the same experience. This model is notorious for tip stalling if it gets too slow on landing. Had much better luck with their L-39 and MB-339.
@@FrozenNorthRC Yeah, unfortunately, this was a stall situation. I too wouldn't imagine it to be so unforgiving. Brutal. I can see where you tried to get it back, but it was too late.
Nice airplane, I had two. Both had gear problems and both went out of control and crashed for no foreseeable reason. This plane is notorious for tip stalling if you get too slow. I've had much better luck with the L39 and MB339. No more T45s for me.
The gear getting stuck causes a big voltage drop. My BEC blew due to a stuck gear. This happened to me with the Freewing F-16. I now use a separate receiver battery, and upgraded ESC and make sure the gears are always perfect on any plane I fly. Stock esc cannot handle the abuse of anything going wrong.
This jet had a separate power system run on 2x 2s 2550mah, but I was thinking the same as you that it had something to do with the gear
I NEVER trust a Foamy stock (cheap) ESC if I like flying the plane at all. I always replace them if I didn't build the model myself.
@@scotabot7826 UBEC was stock utilizing 2x 2550mah 2s batts, but the ESC is mine, a Hobbywing 160A V5
I know that retracts are cool, but it seems that they all have some kind of problem, so I have never got a plane with retracts, plus I only have a 6 channel, but good too know.
Fun last flight. If you're not crashing you're not flying. And thx to foam safe glues you'll have it flying again. Fly Great!
I had something like that happen to me with a turbine on take off, as soon as I put the gear up the plane with into a right hand bank and I couldn't get out of it. It circle around the
field then crash in the middle of the runway where I had.
The only think I could think of. Did the flaps change direction one higher or lower then the other or did the aileron change direction. I wasn't in a turn with this all happen.
Yeah man I know your pain.
Sad to say I'm a member of this club but mine release the magic smoke from my edf and went in! Keep em flying and head high!🫡
How many flights on the model before this?
7th flight
Low voltage to blue box. Reset under 3 volts. I had tested this on multiple jets. When flaps / gear and lights. Are on a normal 3 min flight. Volts drop
Did the gear issue cause a brownout? That is my worst fear of flying. What RX/TX gear were you using?
Powerbox Core and Powerbox 9 & 7 channel receivers. A brown out was what I checked the logs for but could not find any sign of an electrical problems. Radio connection was 100% as well.
Yes people do not realize that the electric gears draw so much amps that actually brown out the rx, I use Inav and I do isolate the gears power wires only signal goes into the receiver with ground for positive I use another batterie, I did a test on the ground and cycle the gear and in one of those retractions, the plane when crazy and no only that wipe out the complete setup of the flight controller like I never saw before, so yes those retracts draw so much amps all goes down after that.
That's why you run a seperate reciever (radio) battery in a plane this size and larger.
@@scotabot7826 I had a separate UBEC with 2 receiver batteries in this jet
Can I buy it? I would love to rebuild it and try to get it flying again.
It’s already become a donor jet. All the useable parts have been removed and the foam was disposed of. The jet was beyond repair
@@FrozenNorthRC Beyond repair to you, but not to others.
I had two AF Models T-45s. Both had gear problems and both crashed for no reason. Have a friend with the same experience. This model is notorious for tip stalling if it gets too slow on landing. Had much better luck with their L-39 and MB-339.
Flaps down before gear down
They never crash for no reason.
That sucks... what happened?
Not sure. I put the gear down, next thing it rolls over without input from me and dove into the ground.
@@FrozenNorthRC You should contact BH and show them the video, that should of not happened.
Very similar crash same jet
ruclips.net/video/mP5s3lfVpSo/видео.html
@@f900ex5 Unfortunately most of the companies they sell rc planes they do not recognize faults if you assemble the plane. Bad luck!
I have this jet and noticed the right wing connector for the servos barely makes contact with the wing screwed in. @FrozenNorthRC
Hard to watch that😢
Sharp vertical turn with gear going down is a recipe for a stall.
There was zero stick input when the jet decided to roll over
@@FrozenNorthRC Yeah, unfortunately, this was a stall situation. I too wouldn't imagine it to be so unforgiving. Brutal. I can see where you tried to get it back, but it was too late.
Nice airplane, I had two. Both had gear problems and both went out of control and crashed for no foreseeable reason. This plane is notorious for tip stalling if you get too slow. I've had much better luck with the L39 and MB339. No more T45s for me.
I can second the 339 and its gear. Dropped the thing from 5 feet up and it bounced, thing is built like a tank.
My heart sank. Sorry about your jet.
Rest in pieces!
The worst feeling
Thats a bummer, better luck next time.
Thats a shame !!😮
Why lie about time !! Anyway huge shame Hope u find cause instead of listening to a bunch of different opinions .Beautiful model