ORIGINAL: CFII1974
I am thinking of setting up my next jet with dual receivers after having my euro go into fail safe and crash, Before I do this I would like to see if is practical for a jet and if anyone has been able to bring a jet back on only half the airplane.
This was not practical on the Euro being a delta but I have seen a big Extra come back on half the plane but the wing loading on a big extra is nothing like what it is on an F-18.
Thanks
Dave
Are you sure your euro went into fail-safe? What preset fail-safe settings did you have? Example: Turbine shutdown and surface Holds, or did you have some surface preset so you could really know if it was really an R/F link problem? Other problems that at times look a lot like R/F fail-safe, but are really power failure, switch..wire etc. Did you have dual receiver batteries?
Actually dual receivers wouldn't help if in fact what you have is fail-safe R/F lockup (range problems).. actually two receivers may make the situation even worse. Dual receiver batteries and a very careful range check.. will ensure no R/F link problems.
Lee H. DeMary
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