The one in this plane is 2 years old.........Its been in 2 other test planes(gas)........About half of my fleet 8 planes(running) are orange the other half is spectrum, been flying orange for a little over 4 years never had a problem. Only had one receiver fail, I can remember in 34 years..... a JR FM crystal . Always had good luck with electronics, my thumbs are another story all together.