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Unread 31-01-2003, 21:09
Lloyd Burns Lloyd Burns is offline
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Originally posted by Joe Ross
I heard a story that when IFI did the first victor speed controllers, they had everyone send the failed ones back. They received 6. 5 were dead because of metal shavings inside (team's fault). The 6th was so badly damaged that what cause the damage could not be determined.

Whether that story is true or not, I don't know.
The first Victors, a big improvemant on the tiny Tekins, did not have the cover of plastic in the area inside the FET quadrangle. They probably cover the circuit board better now than they used to. We turned in one in Florida, that year.