This thing's probably been beaten to death before but I don't know, maybe it's time to bring it up again.

Today I went to pick up my 30% Carden Extra which I had retrofitted with a ZDZ 60 and canister muffler, a quiet setup previously impossible until the release of the new small ZDZ canisters. The gentleman who did the work normally has three airplanes in his garage: three Carden CAP 232's; 30, 35, and 40 percent. I happened to notice the 30 percenter wasn't in there. "Where's your 30% CAP Fred", I said. "The 30% is no more!" he replied.

"What happened?"

"PCM lock."

"Whaddya mean?"

"Well, I was letting my buddy fly the plane. He lined it for a pass and as it came toward us he yelled 'I got nothin!' so I grabbed the box and he was right. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It's the worst kind of crash you can possibly have because you just sit there and watch the plane go in. I had no control whatsoever. There was nothing I could do. I hate PCM!"

So there you go. What's the deal? I've got a half dozen plain old PPM receivers, one Futaba and the rest FMA Fortress/ Quantum in everything from a 1/4 scale CAP to a hyper-fast Diamond Dust and all have been flawless. Never, ever a glitch!

Why the PCM? Sounds like when one of those locks up you are screwed, plain and simple!

Any comnments?