JohnB...Your positive comments on the piezo gyros come as a surprise to me. The Futaba advertisments would have us believe that the piezo gyro is substantially less effective than their current high tech offerings. Price is not necessarily the big issue here. I would pay the price of a quality device, but I seem to run into difficulties such as....the seemingly good gyro/servo combination doesn't like 6 volts on the digital servo.....and...the super fast servo that comes with the Futaba gyro is a wimpy thing, not at all up to the task of holding a giant scale rudder. It is this sort of dead end street that makes me think that the gyros are for light heli's only, and they aren't there yet with the muscle required for larger aircraft. I'm hoping to learn that such is not the case. I'm not a big fan of Hobbico gear...they appear to make things as cheaply as they can...and not necessarily as good as could otherwise be done.
But I do appreciate your comments....its all becoming a part of my learning curve.
Thanks.
Jim