RE: Why go 2.4?
I don’t understand this assumption that your channel is safe at a field. In my short flying career I have already had two people interfere with my channel at the field when I had the frequency card. With that alone I can’t justify this mentality with a traditional radio. A 2.4 on the other hand, no worries.
When a first time flyer comes to the field they don’t always understand the significance of keeping there radio off, It’s not just the newbs though, we had a guy at our field that had a malfunctioning hitec spectra module and he was causing vibration in three different planes, all on different channels when he would tap the box. His plane was affected most prominently but still, im sick of messing with all this interference garbage.
Flying with the DX7 is like flying with a clear head, I don’t have to worry about what some newb is doing with his radio. I can concentrate purely on my model with the confidence that my inputs are the ONLY inputs it is responding to.