landing with broken throttle lever

[sagey]

Hi
Flew my super cub today and had a scary moment when my throttle lever broke off at full throttle!
I told myself to stay calm and i'll get her down,after ploughing the field up with my mustang only last week i didnt want to lose another plane.
I tried pressing the cut off switch but that cut all controls.
So i had to circle the field until the battery started to run low.
As the throttle started to fade i lined her up for landing,trying to keep the wings level i brought her in,with just a foot to spare i hit the cut off button and and she gently touched down and rolled to a halt. Phew!!!!

[Anthony]

Haha well done, I think a lot of people would have crashed in that situation with the cub!


I don't want to look thick... but what is a cut-off switch? Is it that small round button that presses in on the front left of the transmitter?

[JuZ]

Well done, I think I'd have just circled until the battery went flat if that happened with my cub.

[sagey]

Thanks guys.
Yes that is the cut off switch,but it cuts off everything so be carefull if your tempted to press it while flying. lol

[Anthony]

Haha just as well you said, I thought it was probably a 'fire' button for the combat modules! :D

[Radweld]

Well saved, I too suffered this kind of failure of the throttle, I wasnt so lucky though.