Hi guys I have been following this thread with great intrest ,I have a couple larger planes 28%gassers ,nothing TOC but still several dollars in them and they both fly well .Both my sets are using PPM and we all know what a gasser with ign can do with RF ,so it took a little while to get things in order to rid myself of the dreaded RF and glitch probs .
I have read in here over and over that a PCM will come off of lockput if it gets a clean signal back ,Well thats the whole key IF ITS GETS A CLEAN SIGNAL BACK .Something is making it go into failsafe to start with and if its in the air chances are its not going away in 2-3 seconds of time and in most cases this is enough time to dirt nap most planes .Granted its better to have the failsafe set up to either idle or kill the engines ,but I feel either way that the plane is lost .
Im sure batterys, connectors, voltage regs and so on can and do contribute to this as much as noise in the air .
But what I am seeing here says that by using a PCM can and will save lives ,Sorry I'm having a little trouble with that one.
A plane hitting someone in the head even with a dead engine can and will do massive damage .Just because the engine is either dead or at a idle dosent mean the plane isnt going into the crowd ,just not as fast .
I box build my planes from kits and I would love to use a PCM to insure longer life & better signal and so on .But after watching a few go in, in total lockout I can't bring myself to do it .