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Futaba 14MZ gone, 14SG coming - 11/13/2012 6:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Got an email the other day from Tower Hobbies with early specials, one of which was the 14MZ - $700 off, price $1,599. Been keeping an eye on the site since and it took about a day for the stock to be exhausted on the aircraft radio. Yesterday order was pending, today discontinued. The heli version is limited stock last I checked. I'm surprised it took this long for it to happen since the 18MZ has been out for almost a year now. The good news is they have a new 14 channel radio, the 14SG, due in November (which usually translates to Dec/Jan) and it's selling for $599. Resembles the 8FG but also supports FASSTest and S-FHSS protocols. When I got the email stating the amount of discount on the 14MZ, I knew it was clearing out the old to make room for the new. Anyway, here's the link for the new 14SG.

http://www.towerhobbies.com/products/futaba/futk9410m.html

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RE: Futaba 14MZ gone, 14SG coming - 11/13/2012 2:03 PM   
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Got an email the other day from Tower Hobbies with early specials, one of which was the 14MZ - $700 off, price $1,599. Been keeping an eye on the site since and it took about a day for the stock to be exhausted on the aircraft radio. Yesterday order was pending, today discontinued. The heli version is limited stock last I checked. I'm surprised it took this long for it to happen since the 18MZ has been out for almost a year now. The good news is they have a new 14 channel radio, the 14SG, due in November (which usually translates to Dec/Jan) and it's selling for $599. Resembles the 8FG but also supports FASSTest and S-FHSS protocols. When I got the email stating the amount of discount on the 14MZ, I knew it was clearing out the old to make room for the new. Anyway, here's the link for the new 14SG.

http://www.towerhobbies.com/products/futaba/futk9410m.html

There is a thread on this radio that has been going for some time. You might want to check it out.

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RE: Futaba 14MZ gone, 14SG coming - 11/13/2012 7:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I realize that as I have read that thread. My main point was that the 14MZ is now history with a side bar that the 14SG will be arriving soon, actually available for pre-order now. Thanks though.

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RE: Futaba 14MZ gone, 14SG coming - 11/14/2012 12:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		With the price cuts on the 12FG and the 12Z, it's only a matter of time until they're gone too, along with the 6EX, 7C and 10C. It will be interesting to see what Futaba will be come out with to fill the gap between the new 14SG and the 18MZ, and what minor hardware production changes the 8FGs will get, since if it is to remain in production, they must at least update the SD card readers 2Gb maximum card size, as that size card is becoming unobtainium, and maybe update the hardware to also have S-FHSS support.
At $599, the 14SG looks real nice, but not looking to upgrade from the 8FG just yet.
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RE: Futaba 14MZ gone, 14SG coming - 11/14/2012 12:40 AM   
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It will be interesting to see what Futaba will be come out with to fill the gap between the new 14SG and the 18MZ,


A 16SZ? 16MG? A 16MSGZ??



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RE: Futaba 14MZ gone, 14SG coming - 11/14/2012 5:27 AM   
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It will be interesting to see what Futaba will be come out with to fill the gap between the new 14SG and the 18MZ,


A 16SZ? 16MG? A 16MSGZ??




You forgot the 16MSRP and the 16NoMSG

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