coronarc.nz wrote:Hi Bruce, great to see the results side by side. Obviously I'm slightly biased as I'm bringing the Corona DSSS systems in and doing quite a few DIY conversions as well. While they don't have a persistant failsafe, in my entire modelling life I've never had it, so I don't miss it! I've been using the Corona DSSS system in all my slope models almost exclusively for the last 8 months or so, since your initial review. So far, i'm very happy to report that the system has not failed whilst in flight or on the ground for that matter. It does have some idiosyncracies in that it doesn't always link up first time around when you turn the system on, but once on it seems very reliable and I certainly can't argue with the price.
Yes, as I said in the article, all the systems I tested worked perfectly adequately and each has its strengths and weaknesses.
There are many thousands of satisfied Corona users all over the world however, the product's early entry into the market is now a little bit of a handicap, as other manufacturers have added additional features (such as persistent failsafe, power-down range-test, telemetry, etc) in recent times.
No doubt Corona will come back with a new product with these features and it's obvious that the 2.4GHz market is constantly playing a game of leapfrog.
I know that Corona do have some new systems in the pipeline and they do seem very happy to send gear to Bruce for review as an independant unbiased opinion, which I see as a positive sign that this company will go places. I know from discussions with them that after reading Bruces information they are looking where to go next, so I also look forward to seeing what they have to offer. I might even ask for some reader input in the near future for suggestions to pass on...
When I see new products from any of the vendors, I'll review them and publish the results.
The current shootout results are a snapshot of how things stand at the moment, in six months time it could be quite different.