Good stuff. Don't scare everyone off with the cost. You can get a module and receiver for about half as much that will allow you to retain 72mhz and use 2.4ghz. This is the avenue I have taken.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:17 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The current 2.4 excitement is partly deserved and partly justified. > > *At the moment* it gives rc pilots a new freedom...it has taken frequency > consideration and a need for its administration, concern out of the equation > of rc soaring...in a way its like there isn't radio waves being used as part > of our hobby....its as though we are preparing a free flight airplane, there > isn't any thinking about 'channels'. > > That freedom means that our minds to can shift to other components of the > flight when we come to the field...and preparing the flight....the absence > of radio. We still have controls to fool with but that's where it stops. > > Having said that, 72 has worked safely, does work safely and will continue > to work safely. Arguments could be made that if anything it will be even > safer and easier to use, with the drop in its population of users. Sure the > doomsday guy will throw out the possibility that channel-consideration by > pilots will be come lax ...making 72 a dangerous gamble. Clothespins and > freq boards will come to disrepair and with it the discipline we all learned > to respect as gospel on the field.* Possible*, but not realistic. > > I highlighted "*at the moment*" because 2.4 is in its sailplane infancy, ( > and actually the term 2.4 is only a nickname for these kind of systems > because they all currently share the same rf frequency right now there are > at least two kinds of systems using 2.4) we can't tell for sure what the > future holds when the 2.4 population expands.... course with the > population of sailplane pilots decreasing as our age increases....:-( > > What price *that* freedom? About $650 for the TX and one RX. > > Gordy > > > > ------------------------------ > It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & > Finance.<http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001> >
