The Clunk

Anyway, I made it home and found the electrical problem and the "Clunk" at the
same time. The clunk was the battery plug, clunking at the end of its 6 inch
lead. All this clunking broke the wire at the solder connection to the battery.
I now have the plug epoxied to the battery and I'm clunk free at last, clunk
free at last, Thank God all mighty, I'm clunk free at last.

The best off the shelf connector between removable battery and
the glider I have seen is a male/female "electric lighter"
setup (y'know, like a cigarette lighter). They're easy to insert
and remove and large enough to manhandle.

After having wires bend and fray, I now tube/shrinkwrap my
electric connections so they don't get as much mechanical play up
and down.

Mark wrote.
The best off the shelf connector between removable battery and
the glider I have seen is a male/female "electric lighter"

What I really learned was to mount the rather heavy plug to the battery, so
that it didn't have any way to move around and start clunking. This makes it
easy to plug in with just one hand, which is a problem in the Genesis. The
battery is located way back in the fuselage (for CG purposes) and one must rest
ones head on the top of the fuselage while trying to get both hands way back
inside to plug in, or un-plug the thing.
All this is done while standing with a leg on each side of the fuselage and
facing forward, head resting on fuselage, both hands inside, fishing, fiddling
and cursing.
So, now I have "No Clunk" and one hand "Plug-In", Life is GOOD.


JJ Sinclair