So, I broke off my original antenna that came with the Hitec 2.4ghz module from removing it repeatedly to use my 72mhz modules for other planes. The wire got fatigued where it enters the antenna portion.
So, instead of claiming defeat I decided to put a new antenna on the module. I live about 10 min away from sparkfun here in colorado and put in a order for a local pickup. Here are the parts I got.
https://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=558
https://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=662
I did a low power range check with the antenna and was able to walk about across the full size soccer field until I started to notice slight glitching. I thought this was pretty impressive. Counted it to be about 150 paces or so. So I threwh up my easystar and flew it around normally and was watching for cutouts and so forth. I began a high climb feeling pretty confident and on pure coincidence the wingeron mod i did about a year ago broke off the easystar and the plane lawn darted towards the earth. Actually, to be honest I dont know what happened for sure. Its possible that the prop broke mid flight. It basically looked like my plane got shot with a shotgun out of the air. Welp, Im betting no one is ever going to want to do this mod after reading this post.
Do you think its possible that the 50ohm impediance of the antenna I bought is different than the stock hitec antenna. From what I has seen 50 ohms is pretty univeral for the 2.4 ghz antennas. Im going to test my set up more once i get a partner to tell me if its still working from a mile away.