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OK. My XPS system finally flipped out. I have a 2.3M Comp-Arf that I have not yet converted from XPS to my new JR X9303 system. Since I have not had one issue with the XPS system for over a year, and this was a plane I rarely fly, I wasn't in a big hurry to convert it over.

On my second flight yesterday, the plane went into failsafe as I was in a down-line and starting to pull out and add throttle. Nothing moved and the engine didn't rev up. I had set my failsafe long ago with power at idle and neutral surfaces. Luckily, I was still up high and regained radio control in time, but then it went into failsafe again and again about every 10 seconds. It was another minute of thrills before I was able to limp it around and plop it down on the runway. At one point, I was considering flying it away and dumping it in a field.

This was my first experience with a plane going into failsafe while flying, and it was not fun. I feel lucky that I got the plane back in one piece and nobody was hurt. Of course, back on the ground, I couldn't replicate the failsafe lockout. I swore then that the XPS equipment was going into the garbage.

That night, back at home, I pulled out the XPS receiver and put in the JR 2.4 receiver. I've decided to hang onto the XPS module and two receivers for now, just waiting for the class-action lawsuit to be announced.

I was skeptical about the claims of XPS lockout, but not anymore. Keep this thread alive so others may be warned!