Yes, absolutely. And it is not just altitude but lateral distance. Soaring is all about being able to cover the maximum amount of real estate to find and stay in lift. We fly higher and farther away than anyone else in RC and we do it with planes where the radio is stuffed into a tiny narrow fuselage and where most of the plane is built with lots of carbon fiber.

Most all of us now flying 2.4 in gliders feel we have a more solid link at great altitude and distance than we did with 72. I do not know of a single glider guy who has flown 2.4 who feels they need to go back to 72.