ORIGINAL: mr_matt
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IMHO, the reason it has not been done by the radio manufacturers...the current stuff works OK, and a new SS radio would be very expensive to make, with a limited market. Same exact reason you do not see any mass market Asian turbines, and likely never will.
That is right but does not address the issue of how to move the marketability of a system of this nature from the specialty to the common. This is why I disagree with you slightly. The makers can develop and field a system rapidly, effectively, and with backward looking compatibility to the peripherals (servos, chargers, switches and the like).
BasinBum,
I am NOT against new stuff. In fact I was thinking that maybe we should require ALL turbines to be guided by SS radios as a requirement of the waiver (VBG). At least then we would KNOW that they work and are worth the extra cost. When enough folks jump out and get a SS radio, they will no longer be a specialty item.