Originally posted by MinnFlyer
The only thing I would add is to pick one brand and stick to it. It comes in very handy if you ever need to scrounge some equipment (like a servo, or battery pack) out of one plane to put in another.
That's just not so. Since Airtronics has gone to their Z connector, all four major brands have compatible servos and batteries. The only issue left is positive and negative shift on the receivers. I've got equipment from all sorts of companies, and it all works very well together.