The first hand-made RDS-8000 prototypes have been tested. They work. Testing so far has been encouraging and gone off without incident. We've ground tested them over 1500 feet ( I got tired of walking...this was a true field test and my helper who was holding the plane was so far away we had to communicate by mobile phone so he could tell me if the radio went out of range...but it didn't!).

In the air the plane was so far away I couldn't see it (was a 60 size electric plane with an 800 sq. in. wing so it was pretty easy to see) and still had control.

It has flown almost every day since we first tested in on August 27th and so far, so good.

Wide-spread contry-wide testing by Airtronics team members will begin Mid-September. Production will be set after that testing is finished. As I said before, we will not release the radio before it has been thoroughly tested.

Any other questions, please let me know.

Mike Greenshields
Product Manager
Global Hobby
Airtronics.