I meant intermittent connectivity. If that were true, it could've pissed off the receiver just long enough for it to go into failsafe...and then he could've lost complete power and it would've gone in, in "fail safe" mode (or close enough to it). Plus, the immelman could've easily been what did the final "pissing off" of the battery cable. It's just an idea...I haven't heard any better ones yet!