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Old 03-20-2015 | 04:16 PM
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Matt,

My airplane had 2 7008's into a cockpit SRS, fed by 2 A123 batts. Everything was brand new, and built by a professional. Long story short, the airplane locked out on a knife edge pass, flew almost to the horizon, then snapped out in the direction the rudder was applied. Tx is an 18MZ, that has given me no other trouble. It did not go into failsafe, as I had the gear programmed to extend with failsafe, and they were retracted at impact. It wasn't a structural failure, as all the linkages were still intact, and the servos worked. Both batts had a full charge.

A few months later, I read where there were some compatibility issues with the early srs's and sbus Rx's, causing failures like mine. I've been told that a software update on older units fixes the issue, and newer ones don't have it. It seemed to be kept pretty quiet. I went back to using 6014's, and other power management systems, including the traditional cockpit, which have worked perfectly for me. Bottom line, the answer to your question is I don't know. Good luck to you.

Erik

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