I agree, but when it comes to radio equipment, that old stuff should be sitting on a shelf. I have a brand new, 1991 AMA certified Futaba conquest FP-T4NBF radio that I would never use today. New technology can't get produced fast enough for me. The advent of life and lipo batteries for instance. Omg they are the best thing to ever come about! Why anyone would use anything else baffles me. Same with 2.4g radio systems. And I just recently read of a radio that uses hall effect sensors on the gimbals, not pots. That's awesome!!