Hey DT,

Glad that you keep on posting here and you don't lose faith in this forum. This forum taught me a lot learning from people like you. Please don't lose the faith captain, I'm like a kid in a candy shop as well when it comes to our hobby and even more reading useful posts like yours.

Apologies once more you haven't seen me much in the field, caught somewhere between the baby and work, came to the field only a few times this year which is a real pity. Dubai's becoming very hectic these days.

Anyway, jumping back to the post, can you please remind me and everyone how does the Futaba FAAST system work? It locks down 2 x 2.4 frequencies per receiver at any point in time and shifting between them when needed, correct? What's FAAST's redundancy and when used in combination with redundant receivers ie a PB Royal what are the actual risks in our field? Does 2 receivers on a PB royal mean that FAAST locks down 4 frequencies? Please forgive me for my ignorance, I'm a mechanical engineer.

Futaba's been very stagnant in developments the last 8 years with the FAAST coming on board and there's too much silence from Futaba the last years or so with only upgrading the 18MZ to a WC model which is basically a color change. Futaba also launched the more competitive (in terms of price) 18sz, a downscaled version of the MZ but that's more a commercial move rather than a real technological development. JR (which has also served me for decades) seems not to be on a good track trying to survive. But less competition means less developments with Jeti being an exception? And this is a real worry when it comes to fields like ours, I'm really worried.

Your views please.

Tassos