I've been using PCM for years and here is how I set up my failsafe.
Initial flights are done set to hold so I can dial in the landing mode. Once
satisfied climb to a good altitude and pull the stick down to a position that
puts the plane into a slow steady glide (no porpoise). Remember that
This is a point that I have been lookingfor an answerfor also.
My question Why would it not be better to have your plane go to full flaps and a little rudder if you loose contact??? That would let you know immediately that something is wrong and keep the plane in a safe flight mode and close
PCM is the better modulation without a doubt. I set it up to make it fly
as slow as possible...
Tom Watson wrote:
OK, those of you who fly PCM - what's your preference on fail safe
settings (Hold Last Input, or Preset)? My inclination is to have
everything return to neutral except maybe
What I'd like to see is a provision in PCM radios to easily lock in your
failsafe settings while you're flying. That way you might be able to
experimentally find a set of control positions that seem like they will land
your model in the least destructive manner, and then just hold the sticks and
My question. I only have a couple PCM receivers and currently do not enable
Fail Safe. But, assuming I wanted to enable and choose to go to preset.
How do you test that? Turn of the Tx and watch the plane? Must be several
mistakes high to do this I suspect.
EJ
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Opinions vary...
Fail Hold (last input) is what I do for my unlimited models.
At 10:03 PM 4/9/2005, Tom Watson wrote:
OK, those of you who fly PCM - what's your preference on fail safe
settings (Hold Last Input, or Preset)? My inclination is to have
everything return to neutral except maybe
I set it to full crow. As a slope racer, most of my flying is fairly close
to the ground and so the best I can hope for is that it slows down before it
hits.
Bill DelHagen
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Subject: [RCSE] PCM
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