Brand war trolls? Hardly, I am not trashing Spektrum at all, it's been great. I flew Futaba 72mHz and have a couple of decent 9C transmitters. I have a Spektrum 8 and a fleet of DSM receiver equipped aircraft. I need to upgrade and replace it with something new. Hearing recalls on various pieces and having a slightly negative opinion about the mechanics has me waffling, but I have no intention of changing my status quo. However if there was a trusted and reliable DSMX module I could use, I'd certainly look at that. Orange has one, but I'd like to see more than that on the market before messing with it myself. About all know at this point is I need a DX-18 or 20 and I want to be cautious about the purchase, my current DX-8 is getting beat up plus I need a couple more channels. The up trim failed on a test flight with a scratch built aircraft with an incidence error, so as they say overseas it was a trouser-clip affair.