🚀 go-pugleaf

  An easy solution to the "accidentally turning off the receiver"
problem is to change the switch entirely!  I use a 3/32" phono
plug and jack like those found on small transistor radios.  They
are designed with a built-in switch which is used to turn off the
speaker and reroute the audio to the headphones.  I mount the
jack (female) half in the fuselage with the jack's hole sticking
through the fuse via a 1/8" hole.  These jacks are fairly small
and it is easy to mount it so that the end of the threaded flange
is flush with the fuse on the outside (I do away with the
mounting nut, and just epoxy the thing in).  I wire it us so that
the receiver is turned on when the plug (male half) is removed;
on the ground I insert the plug to turn the plane's electronics
off.  It's also helpful to attach a 1' or so piece of red ribbon
to the plug to make it easy to see that the plane is turned on or
off.  The ribbon also makes a nice "remove before flight"
streamer, just like the big planes have! (Tell the gullible that
it's your pitot tube cover!).

  As an added bonus, you can wire an extra plug up to your
recharger and then charge the plane through the "switch" (be sure
you wire everything properly or you can kill your NiCds)

  The necessary parts are available at Radio Shack or any other
electronics parts store.  If anyone wants additional details, let
me know!

-Bill

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 Bill Bencze                               bencze@isl.stanford.edu