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That's one of the main reasons I went with Spektrum, they have several receiver choices.
With 72MHz radios, as long as you were just using PPM, you could buy the TX that you like the best, and then buy any brand of receiver that suited your particular planes. With 2.4GHz, you are locked into a brand when you buy the TX, so it's critical that you consider receiver choices and cost, especially if you want to convert several planes/helis.
Airtronics has less the 10% of the market share and the RDS8000 has been out, for what, 6-8 months? New products for their 2.4 radios will be coming out! Since the R/C market is so dominated by Futaba and JR, for what reason, I have no clue, it is natural that Airtronics would be behind the curve. However, the RDS8000 with the two recievers was a heck of a deal and a good way for them to gain some market share. I've had Airtronics radios since the early 1980s and always had good luck with them! In the 1980s, Airtronics had a much larger following then they do now. What happened to them I could not say.
airtronics used to be the bomb that is true back a few years ago. i remember when i first got into cars airtronics had a bigger following than futaba. I had JR for airplanes up until now but i bought my futaba before knowing airtronics was doing a 2.4 or it might have been in the consideration.