Craig, There are several factors why the JR 9303 2.4 is getting more press than the Futaba.
1) This is a soaring list serve and the 9303 has received much greater acceptance as a 6+ servo sailplane radio than any of the Futaba transmitters. 2) Futaba entered the 2.4 GHz market with a very limited function transmitter which was not of much interest to the 6+ servo sailplane market. They have also come to market much later and much more slowly than Spektrum/JR, so Futaba has a tiny installed base compared to the others. Many Futaba users, like myself, have purchased Spektrum modules for our Futaba Radios. That is the same technology that JR uses. 3) Spektrum/JR, XPS and Futaba all use Spread Spectrum of one form or another, but only Futaba uses continuous frequency hopping. I will let the wizards argue which is better, but they all seem to work, so to most users, the difference does not matter much. This is like PPM vs. PCM, both are 72 MHz FM. Which is better vs. which is most popular. They both work. 4) There is a lot more hands on experience in the user community with Spektrum/JR than with XPS or Futaba. 5) Spektrum/JR offers the widest range of receiver choices. For many people, this is very important. Here are a few other links that may be of interest: 2.4 GHz - A Broad Market Review - in the Radios forum of RC Groups. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=715589&goto=newpost 2.4 Satisfaction Poll http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6240077 Ed Anderson Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:46:39 -0800 (PST) From: Craig Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm just curious as to why all the talk is about the JR 2.4 system? >From everything I have read, the Futaba 2.4 is the only one to use true spread spectrum and is a much better system that the JR... Like I said "I'm just curios." So flame away :-) Craig RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
