Given the risks entailed when Failsafe protocols are called during flight, e.g. lost models and worse, it's reasonable to consider how such events can be avoided pro actively by the model pilot.
The following short list details what the model pilot may consider to this end:
| No. | Action. | Comment. |
| 1 | Optimise the receiver installation. | Ensure good diversity and polarisation of Rx antennae. |
| 2 | Perform an ART (Advanced Range Check) to know how good your system is before getting airborne | A good SSFH system should range check well at 120 yards. |
| 3 | Avoid flying at long range. | The greater the range, the greater the number of antennae fades and therefore the greater the risk of reaching the designer's frame loss limit before the failsafe protocol is triggered. |
| 4 | Use a radio system that warns the model pilot audibly that the RF signal strength is low. | Some radio equipment supports this. Correctly set up, such a system can prevent most failsafe events by alerting the pilot during the flight to decreasing RF signal strength. On receiving the alert, the pilot flies back towards the transmitter thus increasing the signal strength and avoiding a possible failsafe. |
| 5 | Understand your manufacturer's products in detail to make the best choice of Rx for you application. | Usually the more you pay the more robust the system. For example it is very unlikely that the pilot of a model jet aeroplane would fit a budget Receiver to it, or use a budget transmitter. |
| 6 | Use Receiver telemetry. | Where an RF signal strength indicator that is transmitter based is not available in the RC system, on board telemetry with certain other systems can advise the model pilot by voice, that antenna fades are higher than is acceptable. |
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