Points well taken.

Any computer radio, except maybe a Multiplex Evo, can be used as a standard 4 channel radio right out of the box, so with a little guidance from you, the instructor, the student can be told to leave the fancy stuff alone. Just fly it as a 4 channel radio for now and leave the rest for later.

It is all just a point of view. For me, I went quickly from 3 channel parkflyers to 6 and 7 servo full house sailplanes, so the computer radio brought a lot of value right away. You can fly these planes on a standard radio, of course, but mixing is the order of the day on sailplanes.

And, by the end of my first full year, I was up to 5 flyable planes with 3 sitting in the rack waiting for set-up, so model memories made it simple to have the right radio with me all the time.

Either way, whatever works is good. The standard radios don't go bad, make great keep in the car radios as well as great buddy boxes to help the next guy come along. No money is wasted in the long run.

And, for some people, they like to shift their cars so who needs an automtic anyway!

Clear skies and safe flying.