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Old 09-16-2015, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mr_matt
I hear you, I think this radio is way less than half of what I paid for a 12Z over 12 years ago, inflation adjusted,almost 1/3! But I got 12 years of use from the radio!

Seriously you cant wait to buy forever, so sometimes these things happen. In a different industry, I dealt with these "features vs price" arguments all the time. This is not easy call.

And such a low price, this unit seems to indicate that the 18MZ sell through pipe may be full? I would think that this low price 18 channel would significantly cannibalize a big percentage of the (remaining) 18MZ sales.

This might be a good radio to tide me over till the new dual band Jeti (the one with the 915 MHz secondary band) come out.

BTW, doesnt the FAAST telemetry have airspeed??
I'm waiting for the Jeti 24 as well. Should be out by the end of the year. FAAST telemetry only has GPS speed. No pitot available. Part of the reason I'm done with Futaba. Very few updates/added features to the MZ and telemetry is limited.