RE: New to the hobby and need radio help
I fly electrics and full house sailplanes. I have a Futaba 9C. I got the Heli version because of the placement of a couple of the switches. Other than that, not a big deal. There are two other 9Cs in my club that also fly sailplanes and they have the airplane version.
Whatever you get, you get used to it. Go post in the Heli forums and get their opinion. I don't know how important a smooth throttle is for Helis. I am very comfortable with using it with all my planes. That is just how my radio works. My other radio has the rachet and I don't ever really notice the difference.
One down side is the trainer switch is over the right hand. I think I would like it better over my left, where it is on the airplane version, but I rarely use it so, again, not a big deal.
Don't know if that was helpful.