Hello,
I am just getting started in R/C. I'm going to start with a Nexstar Select kit and learn to fly. Then I'm going to start building my own! I am guessing that one radio transmitter can fly many different planes. I was thinking of going for the Futaba 9cap since I'm planning to build a Dauntless sometime in the future, which might have eight channels. (retracts, flaps, bomb drop, dive flaps). However, I see that nine-channel receivers are rather expensive. Can you use a six or seven channel receiver with a nine channel transmitter? I've looked everywhere for this info! Do you recommend a 9cap radio? I've never seen anything bad written about them.

Thanks for looking.

John.