I too now question the Spektrum gear.

This Saturday, we had a catfish fry and fly at our field. A buddy in the club asked me to fly his small electric prop-job. I was in the air for maybe three minutes and was a good 700 feet out and 250 high, in a left hand knife edge. I think I was rolling to the right, back to wings level and that was the last control I had. It continued to sustain a high right hand roll into the ground. Luckily it was small and light enough and slow enough with thick grass that there was little damage.

I asked how he had set his fail safes and got a blank stare. So I checked them out. Seems there were no fail safe positions set, the plane would just hold what ever last commanded position. It was a Spektrum 6 channel (I think) with a small reciever with two little antennas protruding. I think most likely scenario was that it lost the signal (shadowing???) and held last position all the way down.

I have been reading a lot lately about these DSSS issues and now I got hit with it!!! I think JR has some issues..... Futaba, Airtronics, Hitec, MPX, Weatronics are definitely the way to got for 2.4....