Todd, the plane is off the ground on a PVC stand shown in the isobar build thread at least 3 and a half feet off the ground. Very heavy duty stand.

To my knowledge, the Fadec does not count failsafes, to me it does not matter as I have different control surfaces deflect to max position so I can SEE WHEN it goes into failsafe. And it happens a lot. I have 12 foot ceilings with two flourescent lights up there. They are way to far away to give me trouble, but I started the tests outside and then moved the airplane inside, there is no measurable difference inside or out (in fact I discovered the problem at my local field outside 10 days ago).

I'm pretty convinced this has nothing to do with the fadec or merlin since when I take the engine out of the airplane and all associated stuff, I get the same problem! I didn't get around to installing the revolution last night, I got sidetracked and just started doing body work on the isobar to get it ready for paint.

The Euro is sitting in my office on the floor waiting for me to get back on the range issue. Probably hit it on Thursday night in anticipation of flying it this weekend.