That's exciting news Jim!
I have been exclusively an XPS user since it came out and also an XPS advocate to others. Your news reassured me because recent electronic part shortages have forced me to reluctantly consider a contingency plan for a replacement radio control system. Very reluctantly because your system performs so well in terms of reboot time (like Don said above), control signal re-acquisition time (as in recovering from failsafe), range, resistance to interference, installation flexibility with receiver and X10 choices, low-voltage capability, reliability and cost.
I currently use the XPS Futaba Tx module for my 9C transmitter and the XPS JR-type Tx module for my Taranis. If either of those transmitters or transmitter modules failed I may not be able to keep flying my planes equipped with XPS Nanos, RFUs and X10s. My Futaba 9C is twenty years old and the Taranis is ten years old. Most of my models are on the Taranis.
I reckon that the highest priority for me would be a new XPS transmitter module that works with a contemporary transmitter.
It's kind of like choosing a doctor - find someone younger so they will outlast you. I estimate that I will still be RC flying for another twenty years so I need to plan for that horizon.
Be well,
Paul
I have been exclusively an XPS user since it came out and also an XPS advocate to others. Your news reassured me because recent electronic part shortages have forced me to reluctantly consider a contingency plan for a replacement radio control system. Very reluctantly because your system performs so well in terms of reboot time (like Don said above), control signal re-acquisition time (as in recovering from failsafe), range, resistance to interference, installation flexibility with receiver and X10 choices, low-voltage capability, reliability and cost.
I currently use the XPS Futaba Tx module for my 9C transmitter and the XPS JR-type Tx module for my Taranis. If either of those transmitters or transmitter modules failed I may not be able to keep flying my planes equipped with XPS Nanos, RFUs and X10s. My Futaba 9C is twenty years old and the Taranis is ten years old. Most of my models are on the Taranis.
I reckon that the highest priority for me would be a new XPS transmitter module that works with a contemporary transmitter.
It's kind of like choosing a doctor - find someone younger so they will outlast you. I estimate that I will still be RC flying for another twenty years so I need to plan for that horizon.
Be well,
Paul