Originally Posted by John_M_

No neither do I... there's enough chitchat at the flight fields to get information circulating... not all are questionable, and I'm sure their higher end radios are a better choice... but I can tell you the story what happened to my son inlaw's DX6i pot failure, which put his H9 J3 Cub into the local landfill, transmitter went with it of course, I was quit put off my by it... its not like rc modeling is inexpensive, there is an investment at many levels in this hobby, from entry level, right up to competition, and one of the most important part of this hobby is the radio equipment, which needs to be relied upon, quality and durability is most important... and of course we are all familiar with "murphy", things happen that are out of our control, whether its pilot error, component failure, eventually something is going to happen... and not all radio issues are the fault of the equipment though, even 2.4 spread-spectrum can become congested to the point of holds & loc outs... I'm partial to futaba because that's what I have used for years, so you use what you know and stick with it.