Now that I have flown the Commander and Freedom I would reccomend the Freedom over the Commander hands down. If the commander had an elevator function it would probably be a blast to fly, but having to use solely throttle input to climb and dive IMHO actually makes the plane harder to fly than the Freedom. I find the Freedom to be more forgiving and easier to manage than the Commander. Change the Commander over to piano wire control linkage like the Freedom has and the same radio as the Freedom ( I really like teh 1/2 throttle detent) ans you would have an AWSOME fisrt plane, but until then I would steer clear of it.