Obviously it does not matter what anyone says, you have made up your mind and no one is going to change it. You are a smart guy and have read every word and have made your conclusion, so any comments I make are going to make no difference.

I will just go so far to say that I have never, ever seen or heard of anyone in person that has lost an airplane due to PCM lockout. Low voltage, failed switches and regulators I have seen. I hear a few people say they have lost a plane due to failsafe lockout, but I fly with and read about around 50 that do not for every 1 that has. Conversely I have personally witnessed countless planes on PPM go in due to mysterious interference of some sort. A PPM plane that gets 5+ seconds of interference is going in almost every time. Anything longer does not matter because the plane is in the dirt by then.

Now as far as lockout. Whether or not they will come out of lockout is not arguable. Its an electronic fact that when the signal is regained a PCM will and does unlock. However, it will remain locked out as long as the signal is lost. Thus the failsafe control inputs. IE,,, kill the engine.


Bottom line, its a preference and its a free country and both are good choices. Gather information, make your choice and go with it.