ORIGINAL: ozzieflyer
Hi Keith
Yes you are correct.
Same physical receiver, but in second case, genuine (for sure) JR crystal, on different channel to first crash. As I said, the reason was, lots of conjecture that the original crash was caused by non genuine crystal.
Obviously, after yesterday's experience, it would have to point squarely at the RX.
So, probably my 649's are basically ok. I think there are quite a few guys in Australia that use the 649's .
But for me, I am so gun shy now, I think I will just go with my gut, and fly with the Hitec Rx's. At least if it glitches, I will see it.
I am no longer convinced on PCM. I really do believe, as the old say goes, PCM= Programmed Crashed Model.
Thanks.
I understand your emotional response against PCM, but PCM absolutely IS the way to go, no questions about it. There have been lengthy discussions here about this and I think the evidence is clear. What you experienced is either A) a bad RX (no fault of the PCM technology) or B) some other factor such as low voltage.
I admit that I have re-used an RX after a crash (actually after a mid-air) but considering the cost of our planes it's probably not worth it. I know someone that says they take a hammer to an RX that's in a crash when they get home just so they're not tempted to use it again (actually this is smart with high dollar planes). In your case you had a crash that you knew was due to loss of control, this is an extra good reason never to use the RX again (hind sight eh).
I’ll look for some of those old PCM threads.