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Old 04-08-2015, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Vincent
On my guardian setup I'm not running the elev thru the gyro. It is just my preference I like to control that 100%. I just run ail and rudder. I have the ailerons on matchbox and feed the matchbox with an aux batt feed. Worst case scenario for me if the gyro failed I would lose the rudder only. I guess the match box could fail as well lol!!
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Vincent, In my set up with the Guardian, I had it exactly like you say but on the elevators: two elevators to a matchbox with independent power, only signal through the gyro. When the Guardian took a dump, no SIGNAL got to the elevators. They were absolutely dead. Luckily it all happened on the ground

I discounted it as a freak failure, but after some research, found several users of these units experience similar conditions, so I won't use one in my jets again.

It is a shame, cause I feel they have by far, the most advanced software. I guess they are trying to cater a different segment of the hobby, where a 200+ unit will not sell