One mans junk is another mans treasure! I have only used Futaba in my airplanes because it is what I used when I raced the cars for over tweenty years without a problem, I seen no reason to switch, but I see every kind and make of radio's out at the field and they all love'em like I do mine! I remember other drivers at the time telling me I should have the new state of the art radio rather then the Futaba junior's that I used but some how winning with the cheaper radio's just never made me want to move up!