a little excitement the other day
hadn't flown for a few weeks
and when i did finally decide to fly, i had left the master switch ON!!
the battery was completely dead, but the plane started right up with propping
while flying, i noticed that the transponder indicated that it had 'failed'
also, i could hear a 'whine' that changed in pitch as the engine speed up,
also, as the RPM reached a certain level, the mic and headset would click on better
i was concerned that i had blown out my electrical systems since they are always on
when i start the plane....which, i've heard is not a good thing
but i've always done this and never had any trouble
at any rate, i installed a new Gill 25 battery and everything works fine now
and i plan to shut down all electrical's before i shut off the engine
any words of wisdom on all this
thanks
iowa