I did a fair amount of research on the major radio brands. Every brand has it's followers and dissenters.One just has to read the info, sort it out in your own mind and make the leap. That being said . right or wrong I ordered a Spektrum DX8.Seems easy enough to convert to Mode 1. As far as all the features, they are going to be new to me anyway. So that makes no difference. The learning curve is going to be the same regardless of brand.