siclick,

I was looking specifically at comparisons with Jeti, Weatronic and Frsky, although to be fair all the major brands get destroyed by Frsky prices. From a quick glance at JRtaba prices a while ago I got the impression they are cheaper Rx than Multiplex, but to be honest I didn’t check in any detail since I really dislike their software I simply don't consider buying JRtaba anyway! Maybe Mpx rx are not so bad compared to JRtaba after all?

I was considering Jeti quite strongly, their software seems okay ish, I think I could live with it, it is their Rx prices at the top end that seemed very attractive compared to Multiplex. Weatronic Rx are very similar price to Mpx but are vastly more capable, having programmability built into the rx that exceeds what many computer tx can do, and of more importance to me is the built-in data logging of parameters that no other brand does, though the latest Frsky Taranis now comes close!

I got hacked off paying £42 for the simplest Mpx 5 channel light (non telemetry) rx for my lunchtime foamies, now I can pay just £13 to Frsky. Since Mpx and Frsky are using the same wi-fi chip in the rx one wonders where all that extra price is justified?

For the better scale models with flaps etc, £81 Mpx telemetry 7 ch, or £62 Jeti telemetry 8 ch, or £16/£22 Frsky 7/8ch.

Get into jet territory and 12 channel Rx, Mpx £173, Weatronic £172, Jeti £86. Both Wea and Jeti are programmable and Wea has the phenomenal data logging, Mpx has neither. Go up further, Mpx 16ch £207, Jeti 18ch £136. Multiply those differences over my fleet of jets and the saving becomes substantial. I make no saving up to 12 channels by using Weatronic but they are better value for money, and savings really start to pile up with Weatronic beyond 12 channels, their Rx with power management, programming and gyros cost quite a bit less than buying separate powerbox stuff, gyros etc and are generally still much more capable anyway.

One thing Mpx does seem to have really well sorted is their telemetry sensor system, the serial bus system needs no additional connector boxes that almost every other brand seems to need, thus saving cost and space and weight. Wea’s system for sensors is probably the worst!

If Multiplex had got the Profi on sale within a year of first showing it I was fully expecting to buy it, but in the time they have lost it has given me chance to look elsewhere and other things have come onto the market so my plan is to stay with Weatronic for jets and large/high value models, Frsky for everything else until Frsky proves it is worthy of the high value models.

My ideal radio is the Jeti case with Grumania trim sticks, running the OpenTx firmware as per Taranis, with the Weatronic transmission system and Multiplex MSB sensor system at Frsky prices. Dream on!!

H.