RE: Avistar RTF No More?
The Avistar Select RTF has been shipping with the .46 LA for about a year now, ever since Hobbico quit importing the .40 LA. The .46 LA is a good match for the Avistar, although the .40 LA flew it just fine so long as you'd mowed your runway within the last two weeks or so.
The Avistar Select RTF had also been bundled with the long-since discontinued Futaba 4VF transmitter. It's probably a safe guess that a radio repackaging is underway.
It looks like more changes might be coming, the Superstar Select RTFs are at three different price points depending on color, and the red ones are listed as "Order Pending." Tower also dropped the Tower Trainer .40 Mk II ARF back down to $59.99. It's all very curious...