Just wanted to tell you all that there is indeed a "Promised Land"!
I personally have been flying the DX7 since its announcement------more sets in operation than I can list (that is the unvarnished truth).
We've got zero crashes and zero malfunctions. Our fields therefore must indeed be "The Promised Land" :-).
History has shown that we have a rather "normal" past experience on radio performance-----so this leads us to believe that the DX7 is very, very reliable.
We did have one relative newcomer (about 7 years in the hobby) who claimed he had a problem and that he damaged his A/C on its maiden DX7 voyage.
The verified story is that he took it out of the box, briefly charged his batteries then tried to fly. He swore he had "bound the system". The facts are that he could not "remember" how the binding process was done. Do you believe that?-------we don't. Neither does anyone else around here.
I'm presently at the point where I'll have to know more about the flier's experience level and attention to the 'dreaded instructions' before I'm going to exhibit any further concern.
Our collective experience here has been that the DX7 is performing better at this time than the FM/PCM systems-------Nope, we don't have one failure-------but as with any mass produced item I'm certain that one will appear sooner or later----shear numbers if nothing else.
Systemic problems-------not one sign.
Sets in the greater area------LOTS----the DX7 really has a following around here. Most (not all) of our fliers are experienced. A/C size 42% through Pattern sizes.
Our experience----NOT YOURS -------I understand that.
Sorry you've had the experiences stated-------but it certainly isn't systemic or we would have had some sort of sampling here--------we simply don't.