ORIGINAL: Teresa

I would say the big thing about picking a radio is find who ever might be training you and get the brand that they have. We sat around for weeks when we were new waiting for someone to show up with JR....seemed noone had them. So we bought our own buddy box (probably not an option on a tight budget, but way cheaper than replacing the plane). Now 2 years later seems to be more JR showing up at the field and hubby has strated doing a bit of training with the buddy box. So check around at your club before you make an ultimate decision of which brand of radio to go with.