What Happened To Observations Thread??
Well, here it goes!!! I hope that this does not turn into another opened can of worms.....
Dino, for what it's worth----I believe you. There are just too many underlying facts to dismiss this as purely coincidental. Lewis had a genuine fear that he was being gunned. I don't know why (and we may never know) but something transpired to make Lewis uneasy. Jerry Caudle thought that someone was up to something----hence his outburst on the P.A. on Saturday. And for those that question how an airplane can do a snap roll while in failsafe---I'll give ya a logical reason. When the airplane was closer to the offending radio and the offending radio has the sticks cranked to a snap roll position, the plane executed a snap roll and then went into failsafe due to the RX being overwhelmed by the two TX's. Now, I would like for someone to tell me that there is no way on this earth that this scenario could not happen!?!
I know the difference when I fly my plane whether I dumb thumbed it or I just plain "ain't got it"! There is no worse feeling than to manipulate the sticks to the stops and realize that you are locked out. I actually broke a TX gimball trying to pull a plane up that would not respond. When a battery fails you never regain control. When you have interference you can regain intermittent control. Isn't this what happened to you? You and only you knew what the sticks felt like. Kevin