sizam

My Feedback: (6)

Just used failsafe on my 9CHP/149DP for the first time, and its soo freakin' cool! Its like you have mind control on the servos, the failsafe on the HiTec servos I'm using is also cool but I don't get to see it since the 149DP takes over first. Freakin' sweet!

Born to Fly

How does Failsafe works ?

sizam

My Feedback: (6)

If the Rx loses radio contact or gets radio garbage (because someone else turned on your channel) it sends the servos to a previously specified position that you set with your Tx (for the Rx) or with the HiTec programmer.

FlyinBrian

But beware, most if not all failsafe capable sets come factory set to "HOLD" that is to hold the last servo position seen before the loss of signal was experienced. It is up to the user to program the settings to, at the very least, set the motor to idle (off for electrics).

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MHawker

My Feedback: (16)

Plus, you can not set it dependent on the plane's current attitude. i.e. A little up elevator and right aileron to get the plane to circle, becomes a big problem if you're flying at any attitude other than flat and level.

The fact that you can control the engine speed is it's biggest advantage. That way, when it comes speeding towards the ground, it's not running at full throttle.

jongurley

My Feedback: (29)

It doesn't look like this would be much help for a aerobatics pilot. For me personally I spend much 60% of my flight time diving, and inverted, i see were it is a good idea but the chances are in the event of radio loss your programmed settings in the failsafe will probably be incorrect. [8D]