I remember when you could still buy a single stick radio at a reasonable price. That's how I learned RC back in the early 70's. Had to learn all over again with two sticks cause i couldn't come up with the big bucks to buy single sticks. My first radio was a Heathkit 8 channel single stick then a Kraft followed by the top of the heap Pro-line. The last one I owned was a JR. It did everything a modern computer radio could do but instead of inputting info by pushing buttons you changed everything thru about 50 switches and pots under a cover on the back.