Pat:

I was not directing my comments at you. I'm speaking to the audience who may not understand that a Matchbox is not needed. I want to keep the cost of planes down so more people can afford them, that's all. I was just trying to make sure that people do not assume that they need a $50 matchbox.

Every time we add some component to the mix there are people out there, new to big gas planes, who get more freaked out and confused about what is "needed" vs. what is "neato!".

So many people follow your write-ups that I felt it was important to explain that not everyone needs to know how to set up a plane with a matchbox.

Also I agree the servo programmer IMHO is mostly useless. I had one for a year, never used it. It's cumbersome and unnecessary 99% of the time. Somehow JR and Futaba manage to get by without them.

Oh, another note to the audience. Since most of these aerobatic planes are similar in their setup, once I get one plane set up in my transmitter with all the zowies that I want, I just copy that model when I start a new setup, then rename and adjust it as necessary. Of course I alwys end up with a bunch of odd behaving mixes left over from the previous setup, but it does save time.

TF