Ed,
I can understand that you like the JR radio's and the way they program. I agree that once we get used to a particular style it becomes second nature, but I can't believe you like trying to find the cruise on you GMS(?) truck behind the steering wheel. I drive 35000 miles a year and having the controls on the steering wheel where your hands are supposed to be is much easier for me too.
I am not trying to hijack the thread but I think Toker41 is asking about reliability. I think transmitter failure is way down the list on why airplanes fail. I really don't want to spend all my time programming my radio for throttle curves, or mixing for knife edge. I try to hold the controls where they need to be. When all the fancy mixing and switching gets figured out in the transmitter it still has one important job to do and that is to send a 20ms frame at the right frequency and power level to the receiver. My questions remain:
Is there a difference in the signal quality of these radio's?
Are the transmission specs and requirements the same for all brands?
Thanks,
Orville