ORIGINAL: jetmech05
stuff is still brand specific......with a small exception that just came on the market....an ''any link'' that will allow any transmitter to operate Great Planes stuff....
2.4 is still much better....less interference and no frequency conflicts.......
( Not aimed at you Jetmech05, rather to clarify for those who may misread that... )
The "Any Link" is a little bit deceptive in it's advertizing, particularly from the point of view of a newbie...
It does not really allow "any transmitter to work" with the GP stuff.
It does NOT "Converts signals from Futaba, Hitec, JR and Spektrum brand radios".
Rather it adds a "module" to the supported transmitters ( Futaba, JR, etc. ) that has it's own lower range transmitter in it. You have to disable the TX's native transmitter, often loosing the very features you want to keep... e.g. model match, failsafe, etc...
You are basically making your "smart" TX into a dumber buddy box master unit, and the Any Link is doing all of the transmission....
Your TX is put into PPM/trainer mode...
You still have to have an RX specific to the Anylink's Tactic SLT protocol.... so in a way it's more like what both Futaba and JR have offered previously... which IMHO work better...
So the "Any Link" is still "brand specific".