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Old 12-20-2008 | 04:22 PM
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Default RE: Avistar RTF No More?

Ramboy, did you ever call Tower and ask them what's going on?

All you can expect to get through a forum is speculation and there has been a good bit of that. If you did call them I doubt they gave much info. The people answering the phone probably do not know any more than the rest of us. The people who do know what is planned are not allowed to discuss it.

The only "facts" we have regarding the 'Hobbico xxx Select RTF' models is that the advertised engine (OS 40LA) and radio (Futaba 4VF) are discontinued items. There was a comment that they have been shipping with the 46LA. I do not know about that, but, none of the product descriptions at Tower or Hobbico say anything about it.

There is lots of speculation about them being repackaged with a great 46 engine and 2.4ghz radio. Maybe that will happen, but, there's nothing on the Futaba site about an entry level 2.4 system. I doubt that we'll see the 6EX as part of an RTF package and that's the cheapest 2.4 system currently available from Futaba.