Shawn,

The reason I don't like Y-harnesses is when I set up a plane I use a servo-cisor to get all of my servos centered. I can then fine tune if the surface is on a separate channel. Besides it is one less point of failure. In the example above, I could use one Y and add smoke, a drop tank etc. Why would I want to spend $70 for everyone one my planes to add extra channels (matchbox) when I can just get a radio with the necessary capacity and ability to adjust AT THE RADIO.

Honestly, the question you should be asking is "WHY NOT A 10X (or comparible 9/10+ channel radio)" ? It's interesting your post asked why we were using this radio and your response starts to draw comparisons to the Futaba. These are two different subjects.

Mark M.