I hate to say I don't agree with RCKen as he is one of the few posters here that I trust in what he says 100 %. But I taught myself to fly last year on a 2.4 7C. No crashes yet and I'm getting pretty good with the sticks. That said I believe that the people that have learned with older non computer radios all believe that you should do so without the expo. Anyone who has learned with the newer radios and used expo say to use it. My first flight was with out expo as that is what I read to be the best by the experienced fliers. The experienced fliers are also the ones that learned on non computer radios. I found the sticks very sensitive, before my next flight I dialed in 30% expo. That flight was much much easier and fun to fly. As I learned to fly better I dialed down the expo in 5% increments. If you learned to fly a certain way then it is natural to suggest to others to learn that way too. Does it make it the right way or the better way? I learned to fly last year, with a computer radio and with expo and it worked out very well for me. I learned to fly in an age with computer radios and in a way might have a better perspective on using expo for beginners to someone who learned to fly 20 years ago without expo. Not out to make an expo war, just giving my opinions as a beginner who learned to fly only last year.