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Old 08-20-2014 | 05:52 PM
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He has an opinion I have mine. They differ. He offers no proof of his.
Your opinion is based on lab tests. I don't fly in a lab.

The BMFA (UK insurance), have made an advisory to all UK clubs that mobile phones should be kept away from flight lines.

You need to remember there are still people flying on 72 or 34(I think that is what the Brits use)
35 in Europe IIRC. The BMFA recommendation was made after 2.4G phones came out. Again, we're talking real-world experience.

If you are trying to prove interference on 2.4 That is completely off the mark..
My point is 2.4G is no more 'bulletproof' than the advent of 72 Mhz after 27, PPM, PCM, etc. Each succession was an improvement, but was sometimes a band aid to poor installations. I've known many ace indoor fliers, some sponsored, who had lockouts (not brownouts or failsafe) with early Spectrum 2.4 that locked onto only 2 freqs. Fly near another user also on one of 'your' freqs, and he could knock your bird down. This also happened at Joe Nall a couple years back and was reported here. You'll have to do your own 'search' on that one.

As for '1 amp at full throttle', it's being stepped up to 40,000-80,000+ volts. Voodoo math.

Not that your points aren't valid regarding packets, etc, but the initial discussion was regarding gassers and 2.4. You've even admitted 2-3 times that it's possible. I agree with other system interfering, WiFi in FPV systems, etc.

I fly full-scale and had a client's new avionics 'glass panel' upgrade have issues; GPS and other failures, mainly at start-up. When I called the avionics tech and described what happened, he only asked one question, 'Did you have your cellphone on?' Turns out my cell's 2.4 interfered with the avionics, some of which also use 2.4.

I'm convinced 2.4G is NOT glitch-free. Why then did JR & Spektrum go to frequency-hopping? It's better, but (to me) still not bulletproof.