The hitec Flash five is an excellent starter computer radio and is the one I recomend to my students if money is an issue. It is not a module radio just like most of the lower priced entry computer radios. It has storage for five models however is a single frequency radio which means when you buy additional flight packs for more aircraft you must order the Rx's with the same channel.

Ordinary more advanced radios use a single frequency module so that you can change frequency at will by popping in a module of a different channel. The problem here is the modules are expensive fifty, sixty and more. Hitec is the only one on the market currently with a synthsized module Unless you pay well over a thousand dollars for two very expensive radios that also have it. There is a brand new synthsized radio on the market now at a reasonable price but is to new and has no track record yet.

The Spectra module which is what hitec calls the synth module can change channels on the TX simply by dialing it in. It is avaliable with the Eclipse 7 radio. The major advantage of the Spectra system and the Eclispe radio is has a shift select feature which makes it compatable with all brands FM Rx's and with Spectra module you can just dial in the channel of that any Rx may be on. As you progress in the sport you will be amazed at the collection of used stuff you end up with. And the Spectra system makes all those Rx's usable.

John