LiPo Battery Destroyed in Extreme Meteor Jet Crash and it still works! Episode "0"

*** PLEASE READ before Commenting*** Crashes happen and this Video is about the LiPo Battery amazingly still working after the crash!

The Plane is back together, but not the battery! I was lucky, but did not panic and did all I could to keep this plane from hitting anybody.
Being committed to AMA safety rules, I was making an inverted pattern approach at high speed. Finding it a bit wide, I pushed full down to tighten the circle and stay in front of the flight line.
But due to a weak and sloppy (stock on the Meteor) elevator setup, I could not get enough down to hold a tight enough turn. So when I saw Bob on the runway, I had no choice but to decide to fly between the 2 cars in that split second.

Here is what happened, the reason it happened, and some previews of the other 4 Episodes at the 4th Annual Sibley Fly in.
I guess if I found a small vent hole in one of my batteries, it looks from this experience that it would not cause it to fail or catch fire in a crash, and that is Amazing to me.

Although, I suppose that is not 100%, but at least I feel safer using these big LiPo Batteries. The jet is back together and flying well with my mods. I love flying it.

Joehandsome99, WildBobsRC, Winston51249, Chris, and I flew almost nonstop day and night.

I promise you my upcoming videos will be full of excitement, surprises, and crashes, so please stay tuned.
Also, please be sure to comment, rate, and subscribe.

Also do not be offended if I cannot reply to all PMs and comments, as I cannot answer everybody, but I do read the comments.

Thanks kindly again for watching and subscribing.

Best Regards,
Dave Herbert
USMC Ret.
Academy of Model Aeronautics # 8221
Contest Director, Leader Member,
Scientific division.

Here are a few links.

GravityHobby Batteries
http://www.Gravityhobby.com

NitroPlanes- Meteor
http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3235026-10507606

Xheli helicopters
http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-3235026-10471876

HobbyPartz for helicopter and airplane parts
http://www.hobbypartz.com

Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) for camaraderie and insurance.
http://www.modelaircraft.org

Disney Toy Store for great toys.
http://www.dpbolvw.net/d7108p-85-7NRQRTOQUNPOUWQPQX

WillyGoat Toy store, for great toys.
http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3235026-10525785

Eric, http://www.youtube.com/joehandsome99
Wild Bob, http://www.youtube.com/wildbobsrc
Jeff, http://www.youtube.com/winston51249
and me,
Nightflyyer, http://www.youtube.com/NightFlyyer

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[spektrum33]

Their are videos on youtube that show lipos going on fire very easily >

Does this prove that it wont happen or were you just lucky on this occasion .

[NightFlyyer]

@spektrum33 Lucky, I guess.

[Raptor50aus]

Could have easily killed that woman

[NightFlyyer]

@Raptor50aus Or anybody for that matter. That is why I steered and tried to fly between the cars, but was still too low to pull out. Everybody flying knows there is a risk of accidents, as people crash RC airplanes everyday. That is why we have AMA insurance and we always try to enforce safety rules.

[locouk]

It's amazing the punishment RC planes can take and still fly after a basic rebuild, thanks for sharing Dave.

[NightFlyyer]

@locouk Thanks kindly. Yep, I love my Electric Glue Gun!!

[boingkster]

@vizzuleyes Chill out mate, no need to spam a video with 3 massive replies. We get it. Now go off and enjoy flying for chrissake.

[allanshoafrocks]

I love your videos...they save me money!lol

but really I just got this plane from sn hobby for 100$ arf

what I noticed is the area that is carved out for the control arms to move into isnt big enough.You can hear the servo over loading ,so I took a screwdriver of the same diamiter and just pushed it into the slot to make it deeper and now they dont bind and squak

[ansokolovskiy]

can somebody send to me а muz track from this video?

o just link may be...

[Quackly187]

if you knew it was going to crash why didnt you try hitting one of your friends?

[youronlycow]

DAVE! i know you don't normally reply people but please reply me! Or someone please reply me! I have damaged 2 of my batteries which look way better than the ones in this video.. The voltage of each individual cells are okay and they're not like 1 volt above the other kinda thing.. is it still okay for usage? pls reply thanks!

[pip3214]

whats the song

[MaxxPainII]

Thanks for sharing. Thats crazy the manfacture to release a product that does that. That could of easliy been delt with in production. Glad it all worked out and nobody got hurt.

[123RCUK]

Dave, I do hope you will not take this the wrong way old buddy, but I really wouldnt have extected you to fly an EDF like that with such sloppy control surfaces, and to fly behind yourself where people are present..

I'm still a newbie and have only been flying almost 2 years, but flying behind you in our club is a really serious no-no...

Still, 4 guys in a field, nobody else watching... What could possibly go wrong... lol :-)

Amazed at that battery too, tough pack huh....

Keep safe Dave :-)

[mickvk]

My battery, my money, my battery. Jeez Dave, what about the people there? I have a ton of respect for you but this seems to be below your standards. At the end of the video you say, "I hope you learned something from this" but I wonder if you did or not? (Sincerely and with due respect. -Mick)

[sootydave1]

Dave your crazy, but i love ur video's, that lipo is amazing, but i would'nt want to pull any amps thru it. Happy flying now you hear.

[6Sally5]

Hi Dave, yeah...lucky is a pretty good description. Following someone's advice on how to dispose of a damaged LiPo, I once punctured a 3S 2200 ma battery in my kitchen sink filled with salt water. The results were quite amazing...kind of like a little volcano going off in the house.