ORIGINAL: Rotten40851
In his case, a 2.4 Tx would definetly be an upgrade. I know 72 Meg is still perfectly good technology and the blame is surely on him, but all of us at our field have been wondering for years why he has'nt made the switch from that old FM system considiring the money he spends on his aircraft. in my opinion 2.4 is far superior than 72 meg and never needing a frequency pin or impounding my Tx, or worring about someone shooting me down gives me peace of mind.
Besides the need of the pin board what other improvements are they? Not having to worry about getting shot down is all I have seen. I still set up my gassers with a 72 PCM before I install the 2.4 just to see how well the set up is. An operators mistake hasn't anything to do with the radio, it's the operator.
I watched one of the guys fire up his DLE 30 then reach through the prop to do something? Extactly what he has never been able to say other then a brain fart. That cost him 3 fingers and he was on 2.4. I lost one plane due to dumassing the antenna. My bad. I'm still using my old Futaba 9-C with a 2.4 module so I can use it for both 2.4 and 72. I still like the programing as well or better then the JR 9303, they are about the same radio.
What other improvements are there? This is a serious question and not a 2.4 VS 72 debate. I use them both and will be for a long time. I still need about 4 more 2.4 9 ch RXs before I go all the way over.