RE: Diamond Dust + 2.4GHz
CP: wow, your father got to fly P-47's...that's awesome. I live very close to St.-Trond (Sint-Truiden in dutch) actually, about 15 miles or so from here. Good to hear he made it out of the war in one piece!
It's been a few years yes, I got back in to flying last year.
As for flying fast planes, noise is a big issue here. No open pipes and such. We're just about the only club left in Belgium with active pylon racing, so at least I don't get dirty looks when I arrive at the field with something like that Diamond Dust. As I live in a rural area, I could fly my planes at home actually...there's a farmer here with a huge piece of clean grassland that I fly off regularly. And our club is pretty well situated too...plenty of room for a fast plane.
Freakingfast: mine has a mix of carbon and glass tubing. I guess I was worrying over nothing. It's just that when they start putting "effective range" in the specifications of a receiver, I get an awkward feeling. In the old days there was simply no talk of range...
I range checked it, and and it had plenty.