RE: Getting shot down
Yeah, I agree. You're not saying you saw the guy on #50 move the servos in your plane with his Tx, after the fact, are you? If so, one of you has a mislabeled radio!
WOT tells me your TX went dead, or your RX antenna stopped working (like, out of range, or never unfurled), or possibly your RX lost power from the battery. (Unless you were at WOT to begin with...)
Either way, I sympathize! Helpless doesn't adequately describe the feeling of watching your plane at WOT heading for plowed ground.
Good luck,
Dave Olson