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You can find great deals on the 8US. I would go for the heli radio because of the lack of "clicks" on the throttle (smoother throttle transition). I got mine for dirt cheap and it is a lot of radio. I love it. I think it's pretty intuitive as far and finding everything. Nothing better than finishing a plane and sitting in the living room with the wife will I dial everything in on the radio/plane. Then there's only one thing left to do!