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Old 08-27-2007 | 05:55 PM
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BelAirBob
 
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Default RE: Whats wrong with JR radios??

As someone said earlier....most of the jet guys are using JR. I flew Krafts, Orbits, Citizenship etc, years ago and they all fell by the wayside. When 1991 radios started coming out, Airtronics was one of the first with the Gold labeling....meaning it met the 1991 specs (this was late 80's). Everyone knew the narrow banding was coming, but Futaba kept selling the wide bands, even though they knew they were going to be obsolete or would require modification. But in recent years, Airtronics is difficult to find, at least on the East Coast. I have been using JR for about 8 years and have never had a problem. Most at my field use Futaba, but more and more are using JR. Probably no real reason.

But your system is fine. And I have seen loads of planes crash because of computer radios. A lot of people do not check that a program is set to the plane they are flying and do not check the control surfaces before taking off. Unbelievable, but there are several crashes a year at our field because of this.