Hey Smokingcrater,

I would like to see you fly a plane with the range abilities of hte cordless telephone. I believe you would fail miserably. There is much more to it than just some telephone technology, believe me. I know that none of the radio manufacturers are looking at it very hard because of the cost and complexity. They just wouldn't sell is one of the belief's.

I also know that the system I have flown has far, far better range on the ground than what we routinley fly with has ever had.

I wish I could explain more, but I do not have the electrical background to even begin, only know what the two gentlemen have talked to me about who designed the system. I was also the lucky one to install it in hte latest demo plane that we have, and I will say that that was a royal pain. There are more pieces in the basic reciever/antenna system than I care to discuss.

Keep in mind that if it were as easy as you believe it is, that we would already have them.

Futaba has had a spread spectrum system they have been marketing for a very, very long time. Problem is it is for remote operation of machinery, not for model airplane usage. This once again comes down to the antenna issuses as well as a few others.