I am often amazed at the 'futaba' loyalty and how persistent they are that they have the best. Well, obviously, in the 7CAP issue, they clearly have a sort of a lemon. There are several other radio manufacturers out there that produce systems that are either the same cost or less expensive and do exactly what you want them to do.

I, for one, have three different radio manufactured radios. All of them do what I wanted them to do when I bought them. There was no particular loyalty to a brand just "because that's all I have ever bought". I get what I need and go from there.

I have mainly found Airtronics to do just fine, but also have a new DX7 that does the job equally (if not better in some instances) and for the applications I have, they all do what I need them to do.

If you can show me a reason to solely stick with Futaba, or Airtronics, or Hitec, or JR, or whatever, please let me know. I don't think, with my abilities, I will ever see the difference. They will all do fixed wing, helicopters, SAM, sport, pattern, IMAC, whatever, just fine. It comes down to a preference and what you want to do with the radio, and buy accordingly.

DS.

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