RE: Which Aircraft Module System is Better, Spektrum or Xtremelink
As far as being brand locked, you are. It's irrelevant what transmitter brand you use, the electronics are forcing you to be "brand loyal". The transmitter is just a box with sticks without it's transmission circuitry. The features in the software are useless, if it can't get to the receiver. Until another company makes a 2.4 Ghz receiver (as with the 72 Mhz systems),you will be "brand locked". Hopefully they will standardize the 2.4Ghz protocol, so other manufacturers can develop receivers, and then we can see some more variety in the marketplace. For a while I couldn't find any AR6000 receivers. They were back-ordered for a month due to demand, and the Chinese new year. That is when I wished Castle Creations, or another manufacturer were on the 2.4Ghz bandwagon.