<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>I sent the following to Tony Stillman:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">"Tony - I have looked at the Futaba R607FS and R617FS receivers "six ways to Sunday" and can't tell what the difference is between them. They are the same size and weight, both are 7-channel 2.4 GHz receivers and both have the same pin orientation, but they have a different price on the Tower Hobbies website. So, what's the difference? I suspect one of the pictures on the Tower Hobbies website is the wrong one and that one receiver is a "top loading" one, while the other is an "end loading" one."</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here was his response:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 252); font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://2.4gigahertz.com/faq/faq-fasst-q926.html"><u>http://2.4gigahertz.com/faq/faq-fasst-q926.html</u></a></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#00005a" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #00005a"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#00005a" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #00005a">The above should answer your question…</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00005A" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">I went to the url and it said, under Frequently Asked Questions:</font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00005A" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00005A" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">I have noticed a new R617FS receiver offered with the 7C 2.4GHz radio on your website. Is there something wrong with the R607FS that we should know about?</span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></b></span></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Arial">There is nothing wrong with the R607FS, it is a dependable and reliable receiver.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Arial">There was a component supplier change for some parts, and Futaba renumbered the R607FS to the R617FS for their reference. These receivers are essentially identical."</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px">OK, I can understand that, but why are they not the same price? </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">I assume the 617 is the newer one and they will replace the 607 with the 617 in their module/receiver package when they run out of 607s.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ron Van Putte</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00005A" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00005A" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"> </font></p></div></div></body></html>