ORIGINAL: RCKen
Is the lawsuit you face worth the few extra dollars you saved because you didn't want to use the proper receiver.
As I said, you should use the proper receiver in the role it was designed for. In the same way that you choose a servo by the application you have it in, or the proper sized engine for the plane you are flying, you should choose the proper receiver for your plane. Use the 6100 in small planes such as foamies and park flyers. You use the 7000 in larger sized planes.
I absolutely agree. As I said in my earlier post, using the wrong receiver for the application would likely automatically put the liability on you in an accident even if the receiver wasn't at fault. it would demonstrate a potential on your part to be negligent, questioning everything else you did during the airplane's assembly.
Also taking shortcuts is all too often what causes accidents. There are a lot of people injured or killed by all sorts of machinery because they didn't want to spend the extra time and follow the instructions, didn't want to spend the money or thought something was "good enough". I remember a guy at the field once who complained his plane was out of trim after every flight. Several of us noticed that he had EZ connectors that use a set screw on every pushrod. We told him the were slipping and not to fly it. He said that he'd used them before and never had a problem. He crashed on the next flight.