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Quote: Originally Posted by GBR2 |
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"Xjet does have some "other interests" in 2.4 such as his website and his tinkering with releasing his own form of 2.4 (whether its a kit or a complete system even if its a no profit to you). "
I think those were the other interests Sweetpea was talking about. |
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Exactly. I never said Xjet made money from his other interests. Only that he had them and loses credibility with just me. I was also confirming that I don't think you are a paid shill from either FASST or Spektrum/
As for JD's responses for hopping. I took the company advertising hype as just that ....Hype. I'm sure it actually hops from potential interference like it is advertising to do(under its special circumstances). Of course we have been shown so far from "PUBLISHED" tests that it doesn't hop in situations where both Spektrum and FASST work so the usefullness of it may be worthless.
So you can call it lying. I don't, I call it misleading advertising. Its done all the time. Its not an outright lie but more of a walk around the truth. Similar to the spherical antenna claims. Is it a true sphere? So far no. But it is spherical in nature and I've seen Government contractors use the same term for the same type signal. It all comes down to semantics and telling the customer what they want to hear.
And yes I was a one time user in GS planes. Yes I lost my plane to what I feel was an XPS lockout but I couldn't recreate or prove it. Was it due to interference? I don't think so. I lean more toward the shadowing effect from the plane blocking the signal. And no they didn't Buy me a brand new plane like so many think. They also didn't pay for the repairs to the motor/electronics that were damaged.
Like I said before.......hopping makes no difference to me whatsoever. I didin't have hopping on 72mhz and its quite easy to shoot you down on that one. What I wanted was the telemetry and satellite RX's. When I bought XPS back at the AMA show I never thought it would take until now for the telemetry to show up and its not the version talked about at back then. Satellites also are still not available. With Spektrum I get after flight telemetry and satellites......as a plus I get 2 freqs to operate on as well.....I got tired of waiting on XPS and wanted to get off 72mhz so I wouldn't accidently shoot someone down at an IMAC contest or practice. Its as simple as that for me. I needed to switch to 2.4 for my own comfort. I can afford to lose my own planes for whatever reason. I cannot afford to be the idiot that causes you to lose yours and have to buy you a new plane. When you start flying GS you tend to fly with other GS planes more and more. 2.4 took that fear away for me. Spektrum became my answer as XPS has taken too long. I don't plan to switch back unless XPS comes out with all the gadgets and then some that would make the monetary loss I'd take worth it to switch again. So far I've invested just a little in XPS and every plane from .40 glo to 42% has switched to Spektrum (I get to use my 10X still!). My foamies are on XPS but I'm slowly switching those over as well. The less I have to mess with the module on the radio the better INMHO
So Fanboy, No I am not but I'm not 100% against the company either and don't feel the need to bash them online. I'm also not sponsored by any company out there so I buy what I want for my own reasons.