Clancy that is a pretty empty threat given the numbers of controlline flyers at any RC field in the country. Even at the nats although I have regretably never been to one the numbers at any one time are so small that fear of 2.4 interferance is just pointless especially considering the numbers of simultanious operations that are occuring at many fields across the courtry.

I am the only flyer who uses anyform of throttle control at my field but have been successful in getting a few more involved. I have used my Bill Young three channel system for around eleven years now and that was even before I had to use a wheelchair. This system works like yours Clancy I.e by sending encoded signals over the insulated controllines and it was the key for me to continue controlline flying after I dropped into the chair.

But for me the added setup time and difficulties in setting up are becoming more difficult for me and that is why I decided my next Ukie will use throttle via 2.4. 2.4 saturation is not a problem and yes of course it is outlawed in the competition rulebook however that does not apply to sport flying.

Actually that is quite an antiquated rule that needs to be changed appropriately for 2.4. I beleve there have been a rule proposal to change it, that may be in the rules cycle already. Perhaps Hoss you can enlighten us on that.

Either way it will have no effect on me since its unlikely that I would ever be able to make it to any controlline contest.

Hoss I would urge you to rethink your stance on RC features for controlline. I know the purist says no way man however that same purist cried foul when the first real controline arf came out. I think no one now could argue aginst the fact that those ARFs have keep controlline alive.

The advantages of using encoded info over the air rather than over the wires are many that have become apparent over the last eleven years using my system and now it time (at least for me) to move on.

The fact that we can now freely use 2.4 (with the exception of AMA rulebook events) Is going to be a major benefit to many of my fellow gympy flyers and 2.4 is the key to that.

Now how about a wheelchair class at the nats, How cool is that! I know, I know[8D]


John