My Dittle FSG60M, (May it RIP after it's death three weeks ago) Was the first thing in the airplane that suffered from the effects of low voltage. It seemed to receive just fine, but it made me sound like a Wookie when trying to transmit. That is the source material for my radio comment.

I've hated sailplane batteries ever since one died on a gold distance badge flight, I was 10 miles out at 6,000 FT. My argument that the landing witness should suffice for the missing final 10 miles of the .igc file, wasn't persuasive enough, so I had to do it again, with a different battery.