ORIGINAL: j.duncker
What about lockouts then. You were at St Athens and a number of pilots reported lockouts.
I have flown both PCM and PPM in high threat environments. Personally I am more comfortable getting warning glitches which may alert me to the weakening link. But I am always happy to listen to my peers on subjects like this. I understand the theory behind PCM, is there any concrete evidence that says it will be safer in the air?
My words exactly.
Over here in Denmark I advice everybody to think twice when choosing a PCM RX. History shows that when a jet has crashed, it is either pilot error, or radio lockout. I have flow jets for many years now, and never lost a jet to radio interference. Neither has any of my jet-colleagues, who also fly PPM. Most, if not all, brands of turbines shut down by them selves, if there is rado interference for more than x seconds. So you don't need a PCM or IPD receiver to have failsafe on your engines.
The best advice I can give you guys is to keep you installations as simple a possible, use a whip ariel (afterall, it is a model airplane) and make sure that you install engine electronics away from the radio equipment.