Do you kinda' find the big red warning about resisting the urge to curse, flame, degrade, etc... kinda' funny/odd? Wouldn't it be nice if everyone was nice enough that this kind of warning statement were not necessary???

Anyway, back to the subject at hand....

YES I have good news. Samples more representative of the production of the first 2.4GHz Airtronics radio are in the USA and being test flown. So far, test pilots say it is flawless. We've had flights in 90 size high performance helicopters and electrics including some flights here at the Sepulveda Basin.

Radio are now being distributed to a few Airtronics Team Test Pilots to test the radio in several more types of models and in many more environments around the country.

Range has been tested as well. So far we can find no limits to the range. It seems to be longer than most people can see.

We will be showing the first RDS8000 2.4GHz production-quality sample radio at Ihobby in Chicago this week.

To the question about compatibility, the RD8000 has no plug-in module, thus, you cannot simply buy a module and receiver and drop it into an existing system. We are looking at what options will be there for people who want to switch from 72 to 2.4G. Whatever the switch will be, it will be a fixed thing. There will be no switching back and forth....Sorry. The radio was never designed for an individual module.

Anyone going to the show, please stop by the Airtronics/Global Hobby Booth and say Hi!

Thanks for Asking!

Mike Greenshields
Product Manager
Global Hobby/Airtronics