Gordy, We know that you fly every day of the year, in every part of the world. Considering that you attend maybe 4 contests a year where there are more than 40 participants, that means that 99% of the time (literally) you can fly worry free with a 2.4 gz. System.
I¹m not a marketing guy, I¹m not a statistics guy, I just enjoy taking out my handlaunch on the Futaba 2.4 system and flying it anywhere without worrying about what channel anyone is on. As long as a CD in a large contest still has impound, the scenario you described literally cannot take place. Your post came on Christmas Day. How about celebrating the 99% instead of focusing on the 1%? JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:15:00 EST To: Soaring@airage.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] "Jack Benny is 39 and 2.4 is 38?" Number of systems that can be in use simultaneously Spectrum Airtronics Futaba Xtreme 39 38 (?) ? 120 Got these from the XtremePowerSystems site (letting the Christmas turkey settle to make room for pie and this was something I had been thinking about for awhile, so decided to do a little Googling). Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the general modeler believed that with 2.4 all concerns for freq control were over....Millions could all be on at once...there was the story about the huge heli event with hundreds of attendees most enjoying the freedom of 2.4....hmmmn. Did you all believe that the amount of 2.4 TXs on at once was almost unlimited? Here's another wrench in the freq paradise works....what about a mix of brands and systems? Some using two channels at once, some hopping around. Regardless of the information encoding, radio waves are still radio waves, and can be shaded, mixed and diluted. How do you control 100+ contestants 2.4 TX's when there isn't any channel assignments? Impound every TX and only let up to 39 of one brand at a time? >From 50 channels controlled to 38 hopefully safe? Just wondering, if anyone else is wondering...oh yeah Merry Chrismas! I got my new AMA card...you? Gordy See AOL's top rated recipes <http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004> and easy ways to stay in shape <http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aoltop00030000000003> for winter.
