Gee, I learned to fly with one crummy button on the transmitter. It was one of the first Futaba;s in this country back in the 60's. Press the button once for right rudder, twice quick for left rudder. With practice, one could do loops, rolls, etc with my Mini Mambo. By the way, you had to first wind the rubber band to power the escapement.

This proves what many have been saying....it is what you learn and continue to practice on. Reeds were a little before my time, but there were some great reed flyers out there. Each channel had a switch....the control was all or nothing, but people could fly smoothly by blipping the switches.

Actually one of my favorite transmitters was an Orbit single stick. I don;t know if anyone ever won a contest with one or flew pylon, but it was very comfortable to hold and rudder control was extremely easy. I thought it was really great for a sailplane.

And to toss out one more question....blondes or brunettes?

belair bob